Re: Nappies

From: R. Scott (framboise@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2000 - 22:37:35 MET DST

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    Here, here!!

    peace,
    R. Scott
    framboise@mindspring.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Dirk van den Heuvel" <dirkv@groovedis.com>
    To: "Elson Trinidad" <elson@westworld.com>; "B. Allison" <wuchip@yahoo.com>;
    "Jazz Acid" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 11:20 AM
    Subject: RE: Nappies

    > Not to sound too bitchy, but no one's told me or my stores that there's no
    > "singles" market anymore. We sell lots of singles and rely on them to a
    > great extent to stay in business. The casualness with which people ask for
    > free music in the form of MP3s or copied CDRs really frightens me. Records
    > that are unavailable as in out of print is one thing, but records that are
    > just a little hard to find... That seems a bit much. I think MP3s and Real
    > Audio streams are INCREDIBLY useful tools to get people to sample and try
    > out music, but not to replace buying music. Give people a taste of the
    song
    > (or the record) not the whole damn thing. I think labels should put more
    2-3
    > minute samples of tracks out there, but whole songs? I think not.
    >
    > Rest assured the singles market is not dead, it's just underground and
    under
    > siege. Any one who loves underground music should encourage every one they
    > know to go out and BUY music. We all need people to buy music or the
    > musicians/labels making the music won't be able to keep making it. And the
    > small labels get hit the hardest as they have the smallest sales to begin
    > with.
    >
    > Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
    > Groove Distribution
    > http://www.groovedis.com
    > Your Guide To The Underground
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Elson Trinidad [mailto:elson@westworld.com]
    > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 9:23 PM
    > To: B. Allison; Jazz Acid
    > Subject: Re: Nappies
    >
    >
    > At 06:52 PM 4/25/00 -0700, B. Allison wrote:
    > > Personally, I just started using Napster about two
    > >weeks ago. But I still buy an incredible amount of
    > >music. I think Napster just lets me find stuff I could
    > >never get my hands on without it.
    >
    > Same here. There is no real "singles" market anymore. 45s are no longer
    > made, CD singles are too expensive and cassette singles are (were?) a
    joke.
    > So I treat MP3s like singles. If I get a couple MP3s from a certain artist
    > and I happen to like them, I'll buy the album. If the labels were smart
    > they'd give away or sell MP3 "singles" of a song and the amount donwloaded
    > will gauge its success.
    >
    > I'm all for distributing and collecting MP3s, and I love how some
    > import/rare stuff can be found via Napster (hey, if the labels can't sell
    > them here in the first place, they haven't lost a cent). But I draw the
    > line at ripping entire CDs. If you want to make a few songs available, go
    > on ahead, but I don't think ripping or downloading an entire CD is cool.
    >
    > Elson
    >
    >
    > - 30 -
    > : . elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
    > : . elson@westworld.com : www.westworld.com/~elson
    > : . groove to the futurethnic beats of e:trinity at www.mp3.com.etrinity
    >
    >



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