An Ideal Transaction: "Nil Recurring"
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Topic: An Ideal Transaction: "Nil Recurring"
Posted By: Padraic
Subject: An Ideal Transaction: "Nil Recurring"
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 17:05
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By this I mean my ideal vision of getting music in the future was pretty much crystallized in my experience yesterday by purchasing "Nil Recurring" by Porcupine Tree. Available as either MP3 or FLAC (more $$ for this option), no DRM, direct from the band's website, including artwork. You can buy the FLAC (I did) and rip to whatever bitrate/codec you want and stick it on your portable music player of choice, and/or you can burn to CD and use the artwork to make a nice physical copy of the work. Kudos to SW and the rest of the band for making this happen. The EP sounds great! I suppose the recent announcement by Radiohead falls along the same line, but even more radical with it's optional pricing scheme. If I could get all my music this way, I would. Until then, I'll still stick primarily with buying CDs. |
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 14:01
My ideal transaction wouldn't involve it costing over 12USD to download an EP 
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 14:03
| What is FLAC? |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 15:01
Stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. It's a large file that's compressed, but with zero loss; it contains the exact same sonic data as the original Redbook audio. MP3 is lossy, even if many can't hear or can't hear much difference. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 16:01
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This is a nice, convenient way to go about things, but this is still overpriced for a download. I still believe $0.99 per song is a lot, even if it goes directly to the artist.
Still, this is a fantastic EP, much better than the album! ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 21:23
99 cents a song is -so- last year. Now it's $3 a song! ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 09:58
The price was steep, but I blame the weak dollar. It was selling for 5 pounds - there was a time when that would be about 6 or 7 bucks, which wouldn't be terrible for an EP. Of course since there are 4 tracks, you're right that a good price would have been ~ $1/track. Edit: I'm sorry, the MP3 download is 5 pounds, the FLAC is 6. But the dollar is still weak - the FLAC costs $10.45. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 10:00
But you have a lucrative engineering career now, so quit complaining.   |