tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Just saw this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7173993.stm
OK, so not much was released this week, which may put a slant on things. However, this album has been available to download for a very small fee, for 2 months. They went out of their way to say just pay what you think its worth, and its yours. Now when it debuts as on CD, it goes in at number one. Anybody who wanted it will have downloaded it already, yet they still purchased the CD.
Personally I don't really buy CDs, as I rarely listen to music at home anymore (Mezzanine by Massive Attack has been in my CD player for months). However, surely this shows that people will pay for a physical product even if they already own a digital copy, if the product is any good? I thought the amount of talentless arseholes releasing crap was destroying* the music business myself.
* By destroying I mean making a small reduction in obscene profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7173993.stm
OK, so not much was released this week, which may put a slant on things. However, this album has been available to download for a very small fee, for 2 months. They went out of their way to say just pay what you think its worth, and its yours. Now when it debuts as on CD, it goes in at number one. Anybody who wanted it will have downloaded it already, yet they still purchased the CD.
Personally I don't really buy CDs, as I rarely listen to music at home anymore (Mezzanine by Massive Attack has been in my CD player for months). However, surely this shows that people will pay for a physical product even if they already own a digital copy, if the product is any good? I thought the amount of talentless arseholes releasing crap was destroying* the music business myself.
* By destroying I mean making a small reduction in obscene profits