Comments on: Death Of The CD, Backwards In Time http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The passing of the tactile generation — Shooting at Bubbles http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-30231 The passing of the tactile generation — Shooting at Bubbles Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:11:22 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/#comment-30231 [...] Jason over at webomatica I to miss the days of the album. I still remember the pride I felt when I bought my very first [...] […] Jason over at webomatica I to miss the days of the album. I still remember the pride I felt when I bought my very first […]

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]]> By: Phil http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-6678 Phil Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:59:15 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/#comment-6678 I love CDs and I can't bear the idea of buying a song on download only. Owning a CD is owning a (very small) part of the band. I'm not against ripping CDs to my computer to listen to on my iPod, which I tend to do on shuffle, but there is nothing nicer than sliding a CD into my hi-fi and filling my room with the full sound. The idea of buying compressed music disappoints me too, and if the CD is replaced by mp3s then a part of the music will go with it and the point in quality stereo components will be lost, only left to listening to old CDs. I will be continuing to buy CDs myself, even the occasional single if I really like the band, and I hope it doesn't get replaced. I love CDs and I can’t bear the idea of buying a song on download only. Owning a CD is owning a (very small) part of the band. I’m not against ripping CDs to my computer to listen to on my iPod, which I tend to do on shuffle, but there is nothing nicer than sliding a CD into my hi-fi and filling my room with the full sound. The idea of buying compressed music disappoints me too, and if the CD is replaced by mp3s then a part of the music will go with it and the point in quality stereo components will be lost, only left to listening to old CDs. I will be continuing to buy CDs myself, even the occasional single if I really like the band, and I hope it doesn’t get replaced.

]]> By: The passing of the tactile generation | WinExtra http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-6606 The passing of the tactile generation | WinExtra Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:32:51 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/#comment-6606 [...] Jason over at webomatica I to miss the days of the album. I still remember the pride I felt when I bought my very first [...] […] Jason over at webomatica I to miss the days of the album. I still remember the pride I felt when I bought my very first […]

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-6599 webomatica Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:20:40 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/#comment-6599 As for ADD, the iPod and iTunes makes it so easy to skip tracks, shuffle, and mix and match songs to create a playlist. It really has changed the way I listen to music, where sometimes I wonder about how a song sounds when followed by another - the contrast between is more interesting than the songs themselves...! But I do think the album death is partly a quality issue. A few years ago broadcast TV was concerned about losing audience to cable and reality TV but they upped the ante with shows like Lost, Heroes, etc. As for ADD, the iPod and iTunes makes it so easy to skip tracks, shuffle, and mix and match songs to create a playlist. It really has changed the way I listen to music, where sometimes I wonder about how a song sounds when followed by another — the contrast between is more interesting than the songs themselves…!

But I do think the album death is partly a quality issue. A few years ago broadcast TV was concerned about losing audience to cable and reality TV but they upped the ante with shows like Lost, Heroes, etc.

]]> By: Rob O. http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-6598 Rob O. Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:58:19 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/07/06/death-of-the-cd-backwards-in-time/#comment-6598 I geuss I'm nostalgic for some of the older ways too... Like you, I still like "albums" of music. We'll really be losing something special if we give up albums. I still remember when the tracks of any albums - and the sequence in which they played - were an integral part of an intended experience. Maybe I'm being a little reactionary, but I find today's focus on individual songs to be something of an indicator of our hyper-caffeinated, ADD-like, instant-gratification-addicted society where many people (Gen-Y seems especially prone to this) don't have an attention span substantive enough to actually grind through a whole whopping dozen songs by the same artist. Perhaps even worse, since it's accepted that there'll probably only be 1 or 2 good songs on an album anyway, some artists are feeding into that notion, knowing that they can get away with releasing an album that's 75% junk if there's at least 1 or 2 radio-worthy tracks on it. I geuss I’m nostalgic for some of the older ways too… Like you, I still like “albums” of music. We’ll really be losing something special if we give up albums. I still remember when the tracks of any albums — and the sequence in which they played — were an integral part of an intended experience.

Maybe I’m being a little reactionary, but I find today’s focus on individual songs to be something of an indicator of our hyper-caffeinated, ADD-like, instant-gratification-addicted society where many people (Gen-Y seems especially prone to this) don’t have an attention span substantive enough to actually grind through a whole whopping dozen songs by the same artist.

Perhaps even worse, since it’s accepted that there’ll probably only be 1 or 2 good songs on an album anyway, some artists are feeding into that notion, knowing that they can get away with releasing an album that’s 75% junk if there’s at least 1 or 2 radio-worthy tracks on it.

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