Comments on: The Flashbulb Pirates His Own Album; Fires Torpedo at the CD http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Create Digital Music » Want to Encourage CD Sales? Add Crack, Guns http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-401653 Create Digital Music » Want to Encourage CD Sales? Add Crack, Guns Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:01:21 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-401653 [...] Wow, free crack with my pirated CD? This lends an entirely new layer to our ongoing coverage of the future of the compact disc. [...] [...] Wow, free crack with my pirated CD? This lends an entirely new layer to our ongoing coverage of the future of the compact disc. [...]

]]> By: Downpressor http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-388440 Downpressor Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:18:32 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-388440 Somehow I dont see small labels and musicians shaking the begging bowl as progress for either. I'm not all that motivated by Ben Jordan's letter or the claim that this is better than an actual promotional budget. Theres nothing to support the claim of "why CD retailers and Apple’s iTunes really aren’t saving the world". This just looks like more whining and lashing out at whatever is close by. iTunes pays out to the label I'm with, sure the aggregator takes a cut but they did what we asked em to so they should get paid. If we were big enough to deal with Apple directly then we wouldnt have to worry about that. Until then I regard em as doing the same job as the distributor who is between us and retail outlets. They do their job, they get a cut, simple as that. Personally I'll sell my music to the customer in whatever format they want, even 8 track tape if I could find a recorder for it. Blaming the customer for not choosing the format of your choice just doesnt make any sense. Somehow I dont see small labels and musicians shaking the begging bowl as progress for either.

I’m not all that motivated by Ben Jordan’s letter or the claim that this is better than an actual promotional budget. Theres nothing to support the claim of “why CD retailers and Apple’s iTunes really aren’t saving the world”. This just looks like more whining and lashing out at whatever is close by. iTunes pays out to the label I’m with, sure the aggregator takes a cut but they did what we asked em to so they should get paid. If we were big enough to deal with Apple directly then we wouldnt have to worry about that. Until then I regard em as doing the same job as the distributor who is between us and retail outlets. They do their job, they get a cut, simple as that.

Personally I’ll sell my music to the customer in whatever format they want, even 8 track tape if I could find a recorder for it. Blaming the customer for not choosing the format of your choice just doesnt make any sense.

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387553 dead_red_eyes Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:35:20 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387553 WHAT'S WITH ALL THE SCREAMING AND SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION?! WHAT’S WITH ALL THE SCREAMING AND SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION?!

]]> By: DJ Peter Parker(chief exec./Marketing-Promotions) http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387547 DJ Peter Parker(chief exec./Marketing-Promotions) Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:25:25 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387547 CHEAPER PRICES AND HIGHER ROYALTY RETURNS ARE WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SOUND BEAST. WE ARE TRULY A BRAND FOR THE TRUE DIE-HARD MUSIC FAN AND ESTABLISHED, INDEPENDENT, AND UNDERGROUND MUSIC ARTISTS. "THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED" -Sound Beast Digital Music WWW.SOUNDBEAST.NET WWW.SOUDNBEAST.NET WWW.SOUNDBEAST.NET WWW.SOUNDBEAST.NET CHEAPER PRICES AND HIGHER ROYALTY RETURNS ARE WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SOUND BEAST. WE ARE TRULY A BRAND FOR THE TRUE DIE-HARD MUSIC FAN AND ESTABLISHED, INDEPENDENT, AND UNDERGROUND MUSIC ARTISTS.

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]]> By: mr_H http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387441 mr_H Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:33:53 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387441 Hello, good article and good comments too. :) There is this site that goes into the "open music" concept allowing artists to upload their "albuns" and users to pay whatever they want to the artists, its www.jamendo.com, sorry for the publicity, but i really like it, and i think it fits along the line of the article. Die CD's DIE! ahahaha Hello, good article and good comments too. :)

There is this site that goes into the “open music” concept allowing artists to upload their “albuns” and users to pay whatever they want to the artists, its http://www.jamendo.com, sorry for the publicity, but i really like it, and i think it fits along the line of the article.

Die CD’s DIE! ahahaha

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387279 dead_red_eyes Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:31:52 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387279 Also, that's a bad kitteh!!! No kitteh! Also, that’s a bad kitteh!!! No kitteh!

]]> By: Paul http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387216 Paul Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:57:16 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387216 " I’d hate to see the CD die because I love coming up with artwork for my albums" don't stop making cds don't stop dubbing tapes don't stop cutting vinyls ” I’d hate to see the CD die because I love coming up with artwork for my albums”
don’t stop making cds
don’t stop dubbing tapes
don’t stop cutting vinyls

]]> By: Cloud http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387190 Cloud Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:35:07 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387190 Regarding iTunes and Amazon, etc. Best way I've seen to get in the pipeline is- http://www.tunecore.com/ In my mind, nothing is wrong with the retailer - iTunes, Amazon, Best Buy, etc., per se - it's THE MIDDLEMAN that steals your loot. The record companies, agents, labels all take a piece of THE PIE to get your product in front of the buying public. More often than not they leave the artist crumbs or, through some mob math, force the artist to buy a whole NEW PIE to pay for the services rendered. BTW didn't "The Flashbulb's" label Sublight go bankrupt? If he's looking for his royalty money, shouldn't he sue Aaron Rintoul the owner of his label instead of Apple? That whole section of his letter just seemed kinda weird... Regarding iTunes and Amazon, etc.
Best way I’ve seen to get in the pipeline is-
http://www.tunecore.com/

In my mind, nothing is wrong with the retailer - iTunes, Amazon, Best Buy, etc., per se - it’s THE MIDDLEMAN that steals your loot.

The record companies, agents, labels all take a piece of THE PIE to get your product in front of the buying public. More often than not they leave the artist crumbs or, through some mob math, force the artist to buy a whole NEW PIE to pay for the services rendered.

BTW didn’t “The Flashbulb’s” label Sublight go bankrupt? If he’s looking for his royalty money, shouldn’t he sue Aaron Rintoul the owner of his label instead of Apple?

That whole section of his letter just seemed kinda weird…

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387187 dead_red_eyes Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:30:42 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387187 I'm a big vinyl fan, BIG. But if I have to, I'll buy the CD version any day of the week over a digital download because of the quality. iTunes is not offering a lossless format, and Amazon comes close ... but it's still not fully lossless. It really bums me out that more and more people these days are okay with listening to albums at a shitty bitrate with a format that's not close to being lossless. When you compress to these widely used digital formats you loose something in the process, the crispness and the dynamics just aren't there. I understand how nice it is to download something off of iTunes (or whatever) because it's quick and the rewards are instant, but it's not going to sound as good as the CD. I'd hate to see the CD die because I love coming up with artwork for my albums and there's no DRM so you can just rip the CD on whatever you like. I’m a big vinyl fan, BIG. But if I have to, I’ll buy the CD version any day of the week over a digital download because of the quality. iTunes is not offering a lossless format, and Amazon comes close … but it’s still not fully lossless.

It really bums me out that more and more people these days are okay with listening to albums at a shitty bitrate with a format that’s not close to being lossless. When you compress to these widely used digital formats you loose something in the process, the crispness and the dynamics just aren’t there. I understand how nice it is to download something off of iTunes (or whatever) because it’s quick and the rewards are instant, but it’s not going to sound as good as the CD. I’d hate to see the CD die because I love coming up with artwork for my albums and there’s no DRM so you can just rip the CD on whatever you like.

]]> By: Stephen Wood http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387181 Stephen Wood Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:08:02 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/01/the-flashbulb-pirates-his-own-album-fires-torpedo-at-the-cd/#comment-387181 This is wonderful. Down with CDs! Now if only we could make internet access cheaper and computers (or similar devices) affordable to everyone...we can really banish music cds forever to the dustbin of history. Hopefully iTunes music store will perish someday soon as well. This is wonderful. Down with CDs! Now if only we could make internet access cheaper and computers (or similar devices) affordable to everyone…we can really banish music cds forever to the dustbin of history. Hopefully iTunes music store will perish someday soon as well.

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