Re: All My CDs Marked down to $5.00

[Paul Richards <paulrichard10@adelphia.net>]

Interesting. I had a similar experience recently. I found a cassette in 
pristine condition and the label only said Airplane?. I popped it into my 
auto cassette deck and heard the old live album by the Airplane and 
another by  the 'super group' Blind Faith. Great tunes to drive into the 
backwoods of the Shenadoah valley.

As regards quality, I also went through great pains to get a decent 
signal-to-noise ration when recording cassettes, hence, the sound quality 
is still very good (especially compared to MP3's). I always used premium 
tapes as well. I was chatting with an associate recently about some other 
cassettes I had been listening to and he was kind of smiling because of 
the apparent obsolescence of the format. But, the pre-recorded tapes of 
their day that used cobalt tape, etc. still sound pretty darn good.
--
Paul Richards

---- Stephen Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net> wrote: 
> (back into text mode!)
> It's not just the physical quality though.  After six years away from my 
>old 
> CD collection in storage, and just as long accumulating MP3 copies of 
>some 
> of the more beloved tracks, I found an old cassette of a combination of 
> songs not only about driving, but also containing the kind of guitar 
>bits 
> that make me like to play.  There was no label, and I popped it into a 
>deck 
> to see what it was, to hear Cross-town Traffic and Easy Rider, for a 
>start.
> 
> On one level I found it cosmically encouraging given the timing of my 
> getting back to playing the acoustic this week; on another different 
>level, 
> I found myself far more satisfied with the sound quality of my cassettes 
> than MP3s.  Sure, I used to take pains to assure max quality when I made 
> tapes for myself, but it was as much of a difference as I experience 
>between 
> cassettes and CDs.  And made me begin to question the use of the format 
>at 
> all, except as a promotional or sales sample.  Or it's a down week.  I 
>had 
> to fire another plumber today!  Ugh!
> 
> S.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Matthew F. McCabe
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 August, 2006 16:22 PM
> Subject: Re: All My CDs Marked down to $5.00
> 
> 
> I agree.  I'd much rather own a physical CD.  It's almost as if mp3s 
>cheapen 
> music...in that it's much easier to delete a couple of files than it is 
>to 
> throw a CD in the trash.
> 
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 30, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote:
> 
> 
> I sure am. I have all of the CDs going through all of the digital 
> distribution as well.
> 
> All in all, I don't really do this for the money, yet I have waffled 
>back 
> and forth on this notion of whether I should give my CDs away, sell them 
>for 
> standard market price, or severely discounted. It is a tough call, and 
> pretty much based on one's personal values on the matter....BUT, for me, 
>the 
> gist is that I never want to generate a situation as an artist when 
>someone 
> can't own one of my CDs simply because they can't afford it, or because 
>they 
> have too many other CDs on their list and mine isn't the the highest 
> priority.  I'd rather give my CDs away or mark them down to CD Baby's 
>cost, 
> then not have folks listening to my music.  And, believe it or not, I am 
>of 
> the generation who still enjoys owning and having a physical CD. When I 
> produce a CD, the artwork on the sleeves is just as much a part of the 
> production as the music. It all fits together into a theme. I like for 
> people to have my physical CDs, not just the MP3s and digital art. If 
>they 
> don't they are missing a significant element of the production.
> 
> Kris 
>