Comments on: Mind the Gap http://blog.arc90.com/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/ Web Application Design & Development Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel Nagy http://blog.arc90.com/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-289 Joel Nagy Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:51:42 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-289 Many CDs that I've purchased lately have come with a bonus DVD of videos or extra material which made the choice to buy the CD over download more attractive. I'd be a very happy listener if downloads came with virtual inserts of lyrics and pictures and bonus videos (and of course be DRM free.) Many CDs that I’ve purchased lately have come with a bonus DVD of videos or extra material which made the choice to buy the CD over download more attractive. I’d be a very happy listener if downloads came with virtual inserts of lyrics and pictures and bonus videos (and of course be DRM free.)

]]> By: Ainslie Stephens http://blog.arc90.com/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-288 Ainslie Stephens Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:57:06 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-288 I'm always surprised by what people think an album should cost. If I remember correctly, the first album I ever purchased was Beastie Boy's License to Ill, back around 1987, and it cost about $9 for the cassette. 20 years of inflation later and people feel they shouldn't have to pay $9.99 for an album, let alone $15 for a CD. If you think of the hundreds of hours that go into making a record, and all the people required to make it happen, and the potential hours of pleasure you can get from it, doesn't $15 seem like a fair price? I’m always surprised by what people think an album should cost. If I remember correctly, the first album I ever purchased was Beastie Boy’s License to Ill, back around 1987, and it cost about $9 for the cassette. 20 years of inflation later and people feel they shouldn’t have to pay $9.99 for an album, let alone $15 for a CD. If you think of the hundreds of hours that go into making a record, and all the people required to make it happen, and the potential hours of pleasure you can get from it, doesn’t $15 seem like a fair price?

]]> By: Avi Flax http://blog.arc90.com/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-287 Avi Flax Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:24:59 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-287 <blockquote>While the divide between musicians and fans will grow further apart in coming years...</blockquote> Why?

While the divide between musicians and fans will grow further apart in coming years…

Why?

]]> By: Rich Ziade http://blog.arc90.com/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-286 Rich Ziade Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:11:30 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/06/18/mind-the-gap/#comment-286 The funny thing is - I think the artists and the fans are on board. It's the labels that just can't come to terms with the idea that the party - the party where they charge $16 for a CD - is all but over. The challenge now, I think, is figuring out what the new model is and how to put it in place. People have tried all sorts of ways but nothing is really sticking - except iTunes (sort of). It's still flawed, and limiting. I think the time will come when it'll become dead simple to buy an album for $5 DRM-free and that's the end of that. The funny thing is – I think the artists and the fans are on board. It’s the labels that just can’t come to terms with the idea that the party – the party where they charge $16 for a CD – is all but over.
The challenge now, I think, is figuring out what the new model is and how to put it in place. People have tried all sorts of ways but nothing is really sticking – except iTunes (sort of). It’s still flawed, and limiting. I think the time will come when it’ll become dead simple to buy an album for $5 DRM-free and that’s the end of that.

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