AD Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 story here...... maybe there will be some good close-out deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I wonder if there will be deals, or if they'll just put everything in storage since they're going 100% online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 one day our kids (not yours and mine AD, although that would be one handsome little whippersnapper) will laugh at the idea of a CD store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I already do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Prefer all that lossy Mp3 eh you connoisseur?(still buds?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yeah seriously its a shame a store like that can't continue. The article has a quote about the 30-50 year olds keeping them afloat.Kids just don't care about artists anymore, that what the music industry needs to address.........And fuck yes mp3's sound like shit. I can't imagine being a fan of a band and only having copied stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Kids just don't care about artists anymore, that what the music industry needs to address.........if kids didn't care about the artists they wouldn't be downloading the music, non? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Kids just don't care about artists anymore, that what the music industry needs to address.........And fuck yes mp3's sound like shit. I can't imagine being a fan of a band and only having copied stuff....getting stuff without going to a store doesn't mean copying or downloading mp3's. ever hear of Amazon.ca? I order shit off of there all the time. Futureshop.ca has great delivery service too.Also, there is alot of crap that comes out and it's over priced. I'm a big fan of the dvd/cd combo's. Springsteen, Wilco, NOrah Jones all have released dvd/cd combos for under $20.Radiohead also proved that you can give away music and make a number 1 record. I don't have sympathy for music stores. They aren't doing anything innovative unless they take it online (like CD exchange is doing) and make it easy and cheap to shop online.If I remember correctly, back in highschool, CD Exchange or CD Warehouse was a mail order business for CD's. I used to buy a big catalog from the magazine shop and order CD's at a fraction of the price that I'd pay in the store.Did anyone do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) mp3's still sound as bad as they did five years ago....only difference is, we seem to have accepted the crap sound....i remember when we would have scoffed at the idea of PAYING for an mp3. but i geuss, with the Ipods, we now embrace it. Edited January 11, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ever hear of The Hold Steady? They're really really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Patience is a ______ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 No I think that downloading proves they like the music, but have no affinity to the artist.Amazon.ca is great and all, but you can't beat the price point or the thrill of used cd shopping at a good store like CDE where the selection is really great even for used stuff.I agree about the cd dvd combos, but a little honesty would go a long way. When I bought the new Wilco, there was no other version at the store. Had I known for another $3 I could have gotten the dvd I would have kept shopping. Also the Springsteen Seeger Sessions was particularly maddening as each subsequent release contained more and more bonus stuff that they did NOT announced would be released. I bought three different editions, selling the old ones to you know who? CDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 "The whispers bite like fangs during the last hours of the party." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 This site is brutally slow today. Resulting in many duplicate posts........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Sean Taylor, ladies and gentlemen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I wonder if there will be deals, or if they'll just put everything in storage since they're going 100% online.he was just on the radio saying "50% off everything in the store, everything must go"Store closes on January 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 So if I understand correctly:1. Mp3s sound poor2. Downloaders have no affinity to the artist whose music they downloadHow would you place those people, like me, who listen to records and Mp3s? Records sound "poor" by some people's standards but the package medium is more interesting than a CD. I have to buy it in a store, I enjoy browsing records, but I don't enjoy browsing CDs. I buy albums off Itunes and I also download copied music. Which is to say, do I only have affinity for the artists whose records I buy and not for those whose albums I download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 the "Mp3's sound like crap" is so fucking lame (nice pun btw). Mp3's do not sound like "crap". They are lossy, but they are far from crap. I'd say that if you can't enjoy music a little lossy then you're asking for too much.I would also suggest that old radio broadcasts and old recordings sound like crap. Old tv shows from the 50's look and sound like crap, but I don't think anyone was complaining then.We'll have much better encoding and streaming in the future when bandwidth issues are not a concern. Basically, we are in the infancy of digital music delivery and sharing (between digital devices).I just watched a PBS special on the Pioneers of Television and the episode was highlighting the Tonight Show over the years. You should see how shitty the tonight show looked and sounded in the 50's. Now it's in HD.I know that cd's sound better than mp3's. there is no doubt, but for the convenience and portability of transferring between devices in an encoded format, I think we're at a pretty damn good spot.It'll only get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 This site is brutally slow today. Resulting in many duplicate posts........server was overloaded. i put in a support ticket and they cleaned out the load. not sure what they had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Also the Springsteen Seeger Sessions was particularly maddening as each subsequent release contained more and more bonus stuff that they did NOT announced would be released. I bought three different editions, selling the old ones to you know who? CDE.I didn't know that. I wonder which version we have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 The article has a quote about the 30-50 year olds keeping them afloat.The owner Rob is a friend of mine, and happens to be a pretty big head. He likes selling cool music. But hipsters and young folk get their music online now. The only people paying and still buying cds are the older folks, which means selling a lot more adult contemporary pop music.It is too bad. I know Rob is sad about it, putting so many years into it only to just let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Ever hear of The Hold Steady? They're really really good....okay, okay... going over to Myspace to give them a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 server was overloaded. i put in a support ticket and they cleaned out the load. not sure what they had to do.BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAA.....Why is everything so hilarious on here tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Oddly enough, I'm on my way to a record-store's Opening party in an hour. Either they've got their market research ALL wrong, or there's still a space for the right kind of recorded media sales. They sell about 50% vinyl (50/50 new & used) and 50% CDs (a mix of new and used), but I think they are careful about what they buy. Mostly things people will want to own an original copy of, not the latest Britney offering.Should be fun too, Julie Doiron, Miracle Fortress and Think About Life are playing at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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