09 Jul 09
Originally posted by badmoonagreed.
Rock is entirely mediocre today. Acknowledge it. At least for newer bands. No individuality on instruments - all these flunky bands may as well be using the same rhytm section.
It ain't whining if it's true.
The majority of rock bands today are crap. However, I do admit liking some songs by coldplay.
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by FMFYes it's called Itunes. Most people are buying one song at a time off an album. ENtire album sales are dropping faster than dolly parton's boobs.
The internet revolution has renewed my interest for new albums by new bands, all now easily available. I haven't bought "a single" since the mid-1990s. Do they still sell them?
09 Jul 09
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Originally posted by Bosse de NageTrust me, itunes will kill album sales. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing. Most bands only have 1 or 2 good songs on a 10 song album. The future will not see CD's being sold. It will all be electronic sales. All downloadable going straight to hard drives/flash memory/ipods.
All the bands I listen to are still making albums. It seems you may be wrong.
HMV and the like are dinosaurs dying a slow death.
EDIT: Hell, I just downloaded the new NIN cd for FREE from the NIN website
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by uzlessVinyl will live on forever.
Trust me, itunes will kill album sales. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing. Most bands only have 1 or 2 good songs on a 10 song album. The future will not see CD's being sold. It will all be electronic sales. All downloadable going straight to hard drives/flash memory/ipods.
HMV and the like are dinosaurs dying a slow death.
EDIT: Hell, I just downloaded the new NIN cd for FREE from the NIN website
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by darvlayjust a fad this resurrgence in vinyl. It's something for the ex-tennybopper crowd to show their friends thinking because they have songs on a plastic disc it makes them cool. It has nothing to do with the song quality...it has everything to do with the pursuit of cool.
Vinyl will live on forever.
This too shall pass as the vinyl "collector" gets older and can't be bothered to keep switching the record over every 4 songs.....
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by uzlessSto being so bitter! There are many audiophile and vinyl enthusiasts out there (many of whom would be considered a bit too nerdy for the "ex-teenybopper" crowd you imagined) who would disagree with you.
just a fad this resurrgence in vinyl. It's something for the ex-tennybopper crowd to show their friends thinking because they have songs on a plastic disc it makes them cool. It has nothing to do with the song quality...it has everything to do with the pursuit of cool.
This too shall pass as the vinyl "collector" gets older and can't be bothered to keep switching the record over every 4 songs.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_recording_vs._digital_recording
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by uzlessThe vast majority of artists are still releasing albums (and no singles) and selling them. If anything, Itunes is killing the single, but who buys singles anyway?
um, pretty sure he was talking about new albums by new bands. I've been saying for years that albums are dead and that everything in the future will be put out as singles only.
We are entering a new era of one-hit wonders. It's 1984 all over again.
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by badmoonYou just haven't done any effort to find good modern rock music.
Rock is entirely mediocre today. Acknowledge it. At least for newer bands. No individuality on instruments - all these flunky bands may as well be using the same rhytm section.
It ain't whining if it's true.
09 Jul 09
Originally posted by KazetNagorraI think there is confusion in this discussion between a proper single (like a 7" or a CDsingle) to buying a single song on iTunes which may or may not be a single.
The vast majority of artists are still releasing albums (and no singles) and selling them. If anything, Itunes is killing the single, but who buys singles anyway?
Many bands (popular, marginally popular or underground) still release singles and extended play albums that contain b-sides, remixes, videos, etc. They have not disappeared yet.
10 Jul 09
Originally posted by uzlesswell, the vinyl is certainly not as practical as a cd or itunes, but Im not willing to throw my LPs away because it would be a waste of money.
just a fad this resurrgence in vinyl. It's something for the ex-tennybopper crowd to show their friends thinking because they have songs on a plastic disc it makes them cool. It has nothing to do with the song quality...it has everything to do with the pursuit of cool.
This too shall pass as the vinyl "collector" gets older and can't be bothered to keep switching the record over every 4 songs.....
10 Jul 09
Originally posted by uzlessI am old fashioned, I guess. I love albums by my favorites (yeah, yeah, Music Snobs, my music sucks). I don't listen to the radio, haven't in years. The album is a journey and each has it's own flavor, and I love that.
um, pretty sure he was talking about new albums by new bands. I've been saying for years that albums are dead and that everything in the future will be put out as singles only.
We are entering a new era of one-hit wonders. It's 1984 all over again.
10 Jul 09
Originally posted by uzlessMan you are one arrogant prig. Tell us - how can we be more like you?? Please oh please wise uzless one.
just a fad this resurrgence in vinyl. It's something for the ex-tennybopper crowd to show their friends thinking because they have songs on a plastic disc it makes them cool. It has nothing to do with the song quality...it has everything to do with the pursuit of cool.
This too shall pass as the vinyl "collector" gets older and can't be bothered to keep switching the record over every 4 songs.....
Excuse us for sharing your planet.