Idea for the music industry

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-01-27 12:07am

Basically put high quality songs on mini CDs, with one or two songs a CD, for under 5$, slightly more is ok, depends on demand. Allow the user to rip and mix and match to their CDRs or MP3 players, rather than having to buy a whole CD with 2 good songs and the rest filler shit. Basically a return to single vinyl records (just heard about them, don't know anything about them.) Or they can simply stop overcharging for internet services.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-01-27 12:09am

How old are you?? I'm 17, I've heard of records a LOOOOONGGGG time ago.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-27 12:15am

IIRC, he's like 15 or something...

I'd rather just buy the album and decide what I think are the best songs...

Never seen vinyl records?! IMPUDENT CHILD!!

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-01-27 12:22am

15 is still an inexcusable age to just hear about records. It's absolutely insane. I knew about records when I was still in grammar school.

Sonnenburg · Post by **Sonnenburg** » 2003-01-27 12:24am

IIRC, single vinyl records were the 45 RPM ones that were a little larger than a CD right now (maybe an extra inch in diameter). If they're anything like single cassettes, one side would be the hit song and the other would be some crap song.

Now that I think of it, I do have a CD single of Tori Amos around here somewhere...

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-27 12:27am

spanky, what if you dont like the songs? then you wasted $15 for shit you dont like

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-01-27 12:31am

I think a better idea would be to have online catalogs from which you can pick and choose songs to place on a CD, you then pay a price for that CD based on:
1) Royalties to be paid for the songs you select
2) Reasonable profit margin
3) Shipping and handling.

Thus you have the ultimate customization, select the songs you want, only pay for those, and have it mailed to you probably for about the cost of a CD today since the records companies could sell direct and thus have no markup by the end retailer (along with THEIR costs).

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-27 12:32am

kojikun wrote:spanky, what if you dont like the songs? then you wasted $15 for shit you dont like

I can usually tell if I won't like something before I buy/see/listen to it. I have ~75% accuracy.

I pretty much only buy what I know I will like, or I read reviews from certain sources to find out if I will like them or not.

EDIT: In fact, I'm so certain that I'll like what I buy that I'm willing to take risks. There's a jazz artist named Jenna Mammina, and I plan on buying both of her albums, despite only hearing about 3-4 of her songs once on a local jazz radio programme.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-01-27 08:25am

Pu-239 wrote:Basically put high quality songs on mini CDs, with one or two songs a CD, for under 5$, slightly more is ok, depends on demand. Allow the user to rip and mix and match to their CDRs or MP3 players, rather than having to buy a whole CD with 2 good songs and the rest filler shit. Basically a return to single vinyl records (just heard about them, don't know anything about them.) Or they can simply stop overcharging for internet services.

Sounds like CD singles to me.
What's new?

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-01-27 11:08am

How about this unique idea.....the music companies stop being greedy assholes..(enforced by Mr 45' here...http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/v ... Ip-037.JPG) and actually try to compete with reasonable prices...I mean it takes what 10 pence if that to make a cd and oh..even less to make some of the shit people call music these days....

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-01-27 12:17pm

I feel old now. They used to singles on cassette too. I haven't spotted a single in a while. Might find an edited one at Wal-Mart.

Here's the only idea they need to implement.

Lower thier god damned prices.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-01-27 05:08pm

Hmmm..

Singles take up a significant proportion of all music shops in the UK. They're just on CD now, with the occasional vinyl picture disc.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-27 05:10pm

DG_Cal_Wright wrote:I feel old now. They used to singles on cassette too. I haven't spotted a single in a while. Might find an edited one at Wal-Mart.

Here's the only idea they need to implement.

Lower thier god damned prices.

What if they're already low in our area?

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-27 08:14pm

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-27 08:17pm

You know, up until a month or so ago, until I asked about it on this board, I had never seen nor heard of a vinyl record..

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-27 08:27pm

cookie for the folks under 16 who know what this is:

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-01-27 10:22pm

The problem with CmdrWilkin's online catalog thing is that you can't mass produce them. Uniqueness is the bane of mass production, unless you change something minor like a serial key on the label of a game, or lock combinations. I think there are places online that do that though.

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