Buy the album or go to a show and buy a shirt. Almost none of these people would pay twice as much for a subscription even if all of that extra money went to the artists.
A band I was following for years stopped selling physical CDs. The interesting thing is many years ago they sold t shits are their free concerts in a local beer hall to raise money for their first CD, and then tried to recoup costs. I donâ(TM)t know if they ever did. It seems that the added cost of pressing and delivering a CD is substantial. They have their studio albums on iTunes.
It would seem streaming would be superior if you can get your song in the mix. A CD or download, you now have one s
Except for the most popular artists, I suspect it really makes the most sense to use a print-on-demand service for CDs. I know many books are now sold this way, and a quick search shows that there are companies doing the same with CDs, including Amazon. So now a band can sell their CDs online, without having to press thousands, and they can price them based on the media costs plus the same price for buying the MP3s. And they can do a small bulk order (say 100) to have some to sell at their concerts.
I'm curious if these are actually "pressed CDs" or do they just use writable CDs. I know some local artists have been burning their own CDs using printable CDs and then printing the label on them. If you don't look at the data side of the disc they can look a lot like pressed CDs.
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It would seem streaming would be superior if you can get your song in the mix. A CD or download, you now have one s
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Except for the most popular artists, I suspect it really makes the most sense to use a print-on-demand service for CDs. I know many books are now sold this way, and a quick search shows that there are companies doing the same with CDs, including Amazon. So now a band can sell their CDs online, without having to press thousands, and they can price them based on the media costs plus the same price for buying the MP3s. And they can do a small bulk order (say 100) to have some to sell at their concerts.
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I'm curious if these are actually "pressed CDs" or do they just use writable CDs. I know some local artists have been burning their own CDs using printable CDs and then printing the label on them. If you don't look at the data side of the disc they can look a lot like pressed CDs.
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Does it matter? I suppose pressed CDs may be more durable. I think the number of players that care is exceedingly close to zero.