CD Players Soon To Disappear From Cars?

[bronsin]

I am old (55) and have already bought ALL the music I like on CDs starting 25 years ago. Still have the CDs and they will prolly be good long after I am dead.

Theres nothing new in music I want to listen to!

Thanks to the internet no artist can make money any more composing music like in the good old days before you wippersnappers ruined the music business!

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I am old (55) and have already bought ALL the music I like on CDs starting 25 years ago. Still have the CDs and they will prolly be good long after I am dead.

Theres nothing new in music I want to listen to!

Thanks to the internet no artist can make money any more composing music like in the good old days before you wippersnappers ruined the music business!

You make a real point. Notice artists are not making as many albums anymore, and music of less quality. It all comes to incentive, in other words MONEY. Much less opportunity to sell albums = less work from artist. This is regardless of the fact that a lot of their money is from touring. You can still tour with just one album every 2~3 years.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

You make a real point. Notice artists are not making as many albums anymore, and music of less quality. It all comes to incentive, in other words MONEY. Much less opportunity to sell albums = less work from artist. This is regardless of the fact that a lot of their money is from touring. You can still tour with just one album every 2~3 years.

I remember when bands (the Beatles) used to complain the record contracts they had with record companies were taking all their money away. What did they get...15%?

Now there are NO intellectual property rights to ANYTHING. Everything is now FREE on the internet!

Free in a pigs eye.

[daf62757]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I am old (55) and have already bought ALL the music I like on CDs starting 25 years ago. Still have the CDs and they will prolly be good long after I am dead.

Theres nothing new in music I want to listen to!

Thanks to the internet no artist can make money any more composing music like in the good old days before you wippersnappers ruined the music business!

I am about the same age. I only listen to Classic Rock and for the most part, all the songs will never change. I do get CDs from the public library and upload them to my computer which gets loaded on a IPod and used as a hard drive for my Sony Radio in my Yaris. Unless some great Classic Rock band cuts a new record that I like, I am just about set for life.

[Captain Slow]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Thanks to the internet no artist can make money any more composing music like in the good old days before you wippersnappers ruined the music business!

While I do agree that it's unfair to artists it's also in many ways been a boon to many small artists that would never have gotten any following. The simple fact is that some people make way too much money for certain things. Sure I do think a band should make money for playing music (but it should first and foremost be about doing something you love, if you also make a living that's great).

A good example is novelists. The vast majority of novelists have to work a day job to pay bills, they write because they want to write. I think it's great if a musician or sports star can make a living off of doing what they like...but they also don't need gold-plated toilets and 7-figure salaries for doing it either. The one thing the internet actually has done for many artists is to free them from the yoke of record labels that stole practically all of their money.

In the end things always work out, the internet music age helped weed out a lot of the ones who were only in it for the money. People that love music will continue to make music, don't worry.



As for the CD issue, I do use CDs in my car, but only the MP3 disc function. I can't stand having only one album on a disc....too much swapping. So even the albums I have in hard-copy get ripped and put onto compilation discs. I can fit a large amount of music into one of those small binder CD holders that goes in my glove compartment.