Posted on 03/15/2011 3:42:57 AM PDT by dennisw
oh.. and a specific note to bj.. do0d, consider you haven’t made a song anyone cares about this millenia, but people are probably actually buying your old music again on itunes, which means you get the money.. rather than them paying a dollar to buy your used albums from a pawn shop, that you won’t see a cent of.
This lightweight Bon Jovi was doing a pretty good job of killing music himself.
that's what you get for listening to crap like jon bonjovi.
some of the best music never got airplay but if you bothered to listen to the whole record (of real, not pop acts) it was like finding gold.
But even before that...
The RIAA and their associated pimps thought it was a GREAT idea to digitize the music and make everybody replace their vinyl (@$5.99/pop) with silver disks at $20/pop.
They did not spend the money to protect their copyright by encoding the files, and they had to subsequently pay massive bribes to Howard Berman and Fritz Hollings to get the laws changed.
By then, iTunes was already a concept.
Too little, too late.
Digital music is ONLY an approximation of the same analog music. A sound wave is contiguous, while the digital interpretation takes a reading 44000 times per second.
2. CDs made since 1991 have used 'compression' that has stripped away a lot of the dynamic range that was incorporated during a recording session. RHCP Californication is typical example. BING 'loudness wars.'
3. Converting CDs to MP3 strips away a further 80-90% of the 'music.' MP3 uses 'lossless' and masking to trick our ear drums.
The book by Greg Milner - Perfecting Sound Forever goes in to great detail.
eh
I’m old enough to recall the “death” of the music industry because of cassette recorders. They wanted a ban on them also.
I’m not sure either, but I have a vague recollection of a time when LPs weren’t shrink wrapped, and you could play them in the booth. That, of course, didn’t last long as the LP was more easily damaged in the process.
The 45 served several purposes.
Very often, a startup performer or group would sign with a small label or even privately issue a 45. These would be sold at dances or in stores to create some income, and more importantly, distributed to larger record companies and radio stations in hopes of landing a big label contract.
The big label company would then issue the same record as a 45 on their label and, if it sold well, an album deal would follow.
At that point, the 45 became the stimulus for album sales, as you described.
The first album I ever bought was Beggar's Banquet. (still one of my favorites)
Wore out the first vinyl copy. Bought and wore out the second vinyl copy. Bought and wore out a cassette.
Then I bought it on CD. Now I have a FLAC copy on my computer, another copy on a backup HD, another copy on a backup DVD, and a copy on my SanDisk portable player.
I don't think I'll have to buy another copy of this album (or any other album I own) ever again.
Video killed the radio star...
And Bon Jovi made a fortune from MTV.
Like most celebs he should just shut up.
I agree. I wish Jon Bon Blowme would get lost. He is the epitome of the wimpy, douchebag liberal musician.
You are right about all the best music being over, IMO. I seldom download anything; preferring CDs (or even SACDs and DVD-A's) over low quality MP3 downloads. I basically just listen to classical music and Sinatra now. All the music I listen to is mainly by dead guys. I watch the local news in the morning when I am getting ready for work. They list "what's hot" in music. Not only have I never heard any of it, I seldom even know who the "artist" is. It amazes me that people watch American Idol, as if we need any more "artists" in the music scene.
Another factor that has killed music: rap/hip-hop. When you reduce music to rhythmic chanting that appeals to a gangsta audience, it's not even worthy of being called music anymore.
At least downloads keep people from having to buy an entire album for one or two decent songs.
how much money do we think Bongiovi makes from the purchases from itunes? A LOT! people are able to pick and choose songs a la carte now who may not ever have purchased one of his albums in full, so, killing music or making money John? While missing out on the thrill of buying “records” kids these days experience music differntly and in their own “magical” way that would have been envied back in the day
Bon Jovi sux, but, in a way, he’s right. All the best music that was ever going to be released was released before the year 2005. MP3’s and piracy have killed the music business’ business model. That’s just a fact.
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Too many people make the mistaken connection between the music industry and the making of music. Or that pop music is the sum total of music being made.
Anybody the least bit motivated can always find really good music being made in just about any genre (ok idk if that is true about rap and hip hop).
I hate the bastard myself he is a Al Gore lover. I love my heavy metal albums. I still have them tucked away.
Bon Jovi talks about the winderful experience of albums ... but I hated them. They would scratch.
Give me instant gratification.
I can hear a song, decide I want it, buy it, store in and play it within minutes and I don’t even have to get out of bed. And no scratches.
He sounds like an old fart.
Me too. I was once a metal head guitarist myself. (I only get my guetar out 2-3 times a year anymore) It’s funny that most of the metalheads I knew grew up to be conservative like me. Probably because it is the liberals who are the ones who spend all their time telling us how we should live. F ‘em all.
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