[78-L] fwd: The CD is dead

[Don Cox]

On 16/01/2011, Cary Ginell wrote:

> 
> Let 'em think it. They said vinyl was dead, too. Just don't believe
> everything the media tells you to. There are plenty of music lovers
> out there who still like to see context with their music: photographs,
> analyses, interviews, stories behind the music, and...discographical
> info. You get none of this from an MP3 download. The targets for music
> buying today are the same as they always have been: young people from
> 15-35. But as the co-owner of a struggling record company, I maintain
> that if you put out a good product, well packaged at an affordable
> price, and have a decent distribution network, you can still get
> sales. Nobody is clamoring for us to shut down or complaining about
> our CDs as being antiquated. Our new Bob Dunn box set has been the
> fastest seller we've had in years (OK, at a rate that the major record
> companies would find laughable). But our overhead is lower, our
> break-even point is within sight, and we have accomplished something
> the majors would never dream of
> 
> putting any time or resources into. As long as the means of
> manufacturing CDs are out there, we'll be in business. And if it
> stops, we will have had a good run. But we're not stopping just
> because Sony tells the world CDs are passe. They can't afford to do
> it. We still can.
> 
Overheads are the key. The market will not support Presidents,
Vice-Presidents, and armies of marketing executives in glossy offices.


> As for the erros in this blog - to quote my 15-year old son, "Oh. My.
> God." "Emil" Berliner? Nipper is a pit bull?? (he was a bull terrier).
> Edison invented the cylinder in 1887? Only off by 10 years. The LP was
> an untested format in 1948? What about the Victor Program
> Transcriptions? Jeez.
> 
> Remember that most blogs are not edited, not proofread, and not fact
> checked. This person gathered information on spurious websites and
> most likely did no serious research.
> 
Very few people do.


Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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