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Post by Sto on Jul 15, 2003 10:40:39 GMT
When the new album is completed, it will no doubt be leaked onto the internet some time before its official release. Will you download it before purchasing the album or will you be able to restrain yourself and wait patiently, bearing in mind that you've already been waiting 10+ years?
I'll definitely wait, although I know it'll be very tempting. I downloaded another of my favourite artists' most recent album before the album was released (as well as buying the CD when it was released, of course!) and it didn't have the same feel when I listned to the actual CD for the first time - I already knew all the songs!
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Post by Lori on Jul 15, 2003 18:14:00 GMT
I've answered this question before on another board. It depends really for me. I mean, if it only meant an extra month or so then I'd wait, however, if it meant waiting like a year... then maybe that'd be different...  |
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Post by Xanadu on Jul 15, 2003 18:27:34 GMT
I'd wait. Maybe not a year. I may even have to buy the import, which then I have to pay more and wait longer than most of you. I did it with Robert Palmer with Drive in May and Lisa Stansfield with Face Up. Many of my favorite musicians don't even get albums released in the US anymore. But I could have downloaded Peter Gabriel's Up, but I didn't want to spoil anything.  I'd waited 10 years then, I can do it again... |
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Post by Neo Stella on Jul 15, 2003 20:18:28 GMT
I actually got to hear The Sensual World two weeks before release and cryed up until I purchased the album on vinyl. |
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Post by Al Truest on Jul 16, 2003 13:04:45 GMT
I would listen, but I would not download, under any circumstance. (specifically, I would not save it on my hard drive)
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Post by Al Truest on Jul 17, 2003 0:57:20 GMT
Speaking of mp3's. Has anyone been to this site: www.norbry.net/kate-bush/mp3/Here you can find more rare Kate recordings. Including studio versions and the poorly recorded cover of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" She may not care for some of these (I love then all!) but until she releases the new CD, I'm looking for all the rare stuff I can find.  |
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Post by august on Jul 17, 2003 2:02:23 GMT
I recently purchased the piano demos cd Practice Makes Perfect from ebay (evil ebay as some of us like to call it) . Some wonderful stuff on there. Pure raw talent. |
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Post by Lori on Jul 17, 2003 13:02:02 GMT
I recently purchased the piano demos cd Practice Makes Perfect from ebay Is that a Kate CD or misc? |
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Post by Sto on Jul 17, 2003 13:44:29 GMT
How funny! I just saw a topic on another Kate message board called "Dilemma" with an almost identical message to this one, only posted 2 days after this one!  Anyway, it looks like Al' will listen to the tracks before most of the rest of us. That site is great by the way, especially the studio demos which I hadn't heard! "Son't Push Your Foot..." really didn't change much in 2 years!  |
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Post by august on Jul 18, 2003 2:03:16 GMT
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Post by Xanadu on Jul 19, 2003 22:33:18 GMT
I don't know about the rest of you, but I have found downloaded music less than successful for me.  I think the problem with the music industry lies in where they put their promotion (crap), how much they charge for music ($$$) and the extent of their back catalog/rareties (poor). Everytime I have downloaded anything, it was because it was unavailable or bootleg, and most of the time the quality was poor. And, actually, I like and expect a little more when I purchase a CD. Specifically nice photos, lyrics, design concept, and liner notes. If the artists would put pressure on the labels to keep their music in print and lower the prices on catalog items, and remaster much of the EARLY CD material, they might just save the industry itself. Instead, they sue the fans who want their music. Artists like Don Henley, Sheryl Crow, and Metallica wind up looking like rich & greedy (insert profanity here). Why not focus all that hostility toward the ones in control, like their LABELS?!  Maybe I'm wrong though, and most people just want free music. I agree, the stars probably have too much for so little (most of us have to work at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week). But I think a revolution is needed here somewhere. Just that we're considering downloading a new album before it's released is why. Sorry, I guess I'm just on a tirade about this. Some friends in town just watched "Bend It Like Beckham" on their laptop from a downloaded bootleg copy. To make a long story short (too late and if interested, I can explain this later), they're the reason I can't buy an all-code DVD player to purchase DVD's from Europe!  But of course, they don't see it that way. |
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Post by Al Truest on Jul 20, 2003 0:18:20 GMT
Many artist's profit disproportionately when compared to the amount of work they do; but I still would like for artists like Kate to be able to make a career and a future out of their creativety. Kate just happens to have managed her resources well. Otherwise she'd have produced more music over the last decade out of economic necessity.
I would agree that the catalogs should be offered at reduced rates. On line samples and ordering would gauge the interest and the need. Special requests or 'best ofs' by various artists would also be cool.
I think the industry will learn that there will always be a need for 'hard copies' just as the publishing industry found out that books and paper will never completely be obsolete.
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Post by Sto on Jul 20, 2003 13:08:43 GMT
I also think that CDs have become less attractive. For example, lots of them no longer include the lyrics in the liner notes. It's true that we have the internet as a resource to find lyrics, but I always love flicking through that little lyrics booklet when I get a new album and want to find out what the artist is singing (see "misconstrued lyrics" thread ). I think that artists are just plain afraid of record companies. So many artists are dropped if they just release one single which flops. If Kate released "There Goes A Tenner", which didn't chart, in today's industry, who knows if her career would have gone any further? There was a rumour not long ago that soon the UK singles chart would not exist as such, but insteda be decided upon which MP3s are downloaded the most. I think this could work if people are charged however much they are planning to charge per download, or per month, or whatever. I think the revolution Zan mentioned is brewing up, but instead of the artists leading it, it will be the over-powerful record companies. |
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I'd waited 10 years then, I can do it again...
