What music do you like... ?

[ConcinusMan]

I think folks sometimes overlook his fine vocal talents and get wrapped up in the parody.

But he's so darn good at it. The master!

[infernalis]

The highlight of any Dr. Demento show.

[ConcinusMan]

[infernalis]

[ConcinusMan]

Interesting...

[Didymus20X6]

Interesting...

I can't help but notice that music sales seemed to peak right before the advent of digital media (I'm presuming they mean MP3 and related compression technologies).

[ConcinusMan]

I can't help but notice that music sales seemed to peak right before the advent of digital media (I'm presuming they mean MP3 and related compression technologies).

Actually, that section that is digital sales only represents sales made after the recording companies finally realized that they were losing money and instead of fighting digital distribution of music, they finally started offering legit ways for people to buy it in that form. Long before that people were "ripping" their audio CD's and sharing them for free (which of course is illegal and NOT represented in the graph). The peak time frame for that, you'll see sales take a dive. As more people began buying digital music legitimately, then you see sales rising again, at least until the economy really took a dive. Sales of any music at all, are still on that downward trend simply because fewer people can afford the luxury with this slow economy.

Also, digital doesn't necessarily mean MP3 or any compression technologies but it does include that. Most people these days including myself, prefer to purchase their digital music in a lossless format (uncompressed) such as .Flac or .WMV lossless. Hard drives and other storage devices have gotten so large (capacity wise) and cheap that large file sizes aren't really a concern anymore.

[Didymus20X6]

Yeah, but MP3 players haven't gotten much cheaper for the larger capacity ones, and they still don't have unlimited space on them.

Yeah, I did notice that the market took a huge dip back around the early 2000s, and figured it was because of music sharing sites like Napster and AudioGalaxy. And the dip does occur significantly before digital sales (that is, the music industry deciding, "If you can't beat them, use them to make money!").

I still use a lot of MP3's, mostly because I tend to get independent music from sites like AcidPlanet rather than spend money on commercial music.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, but MP3 players haven't gotten much cheaper for the larger capacity ones, and they still don't have unlimited space on them.

Well, all I know is that I bought a zune in 2007 and I still have it and love it. I like it much better than ipod, and it has a 120GB hard drive in it. Even at lossless format, I can fit way more than enough music on it to satisfy myself, along with videos and movies (ripped from my DVD's) as well. It's not like I need to have my entire media library on it all at once. 100 GB or so is plenty. Many hours of listening/watching in 100 GB of files.

[guidofatherof5]

Met and talked with the entire group a few years back. Very nice people.