Comments on: The Album is Dead… http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 31 May 2012 21:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Cuban's Latest Suggestion for the Music Industry - Do Away with the Album | FUTURESHOCKED http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-62882 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-62882 [...] thinks could keep the record industry afloat for a while longer. In his recent blog post entitled The Album Is Dead, he explains his [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39092 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:39:53 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39092 The problem with the music industry today is that people would much rather download a track online and throw it on their I-pod than buy the actual album. The cause, people\’s attention spans are declining rapidly. People have I-pods because they don\’t have the attention span to listen to a whole album, they\’d much rather listen to a minute\’s worth of a song, then switch to another one when they become bored.

]]> By: Eliseo http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39091 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:00:34 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39091 Nice Stuff… Keep It Up.

]]> By: Leo http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39090 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:08:42 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39090 Just read that the iTunes store is the second biggest distributor of music in the U.S., second only to Wal-Mart. Clearly they are on to something.

]]> By: sidd finch http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39089 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:37:19 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39089 It\’s amazing the way that Record companies and \’middle men\’ have taken advantage of Artists and fans by keeping CD prices artificially high all of these years.

If Record companies cut their prices in half, they\’d still make a good profit, because CD sales would rise.

I like what Big Head Todd is doing selling CD\’s on the web, I got their latest album for 5 dollars plus handling. Even though I had to pay handling, the band gets more of the money, and after all, that\’s who deserves it.

It\’s ironic that now that it should be easier to store and distribute a larger amount of music than ever possible, radio stations in the US keeps spooning out the same old crap. Thanks to internet radio, we never have to listen to those stations.

Mark, you should give up on buying the Cubs, and buy the Pirates. I think you would give Barney Dreyfuss a run for his money as the \’first division man\’.

]]> By: How To Give Head College http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39000 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:48:41 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39000 I am definitely old school. I really look forward to new CD albums, specially if it\’s an artist that i have followed for years.

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]]> By: Torrick http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39088 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:32:40 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39088 Im doing my part to help out the music business… Im starting a company called Frontline Soulja Ltd,,, Its a clothing company that provides a cd from an underground artist with every t shirt jeans and jackets

]]> By: stephen summerlin http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39087 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:56:20 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39087 As I can expect from you, unique ideas. How come the recording industry can\’t seem to come up with any new ideas. I have got to start reading your blog every week or so just to keep up with whats going on in your mind. Thanks for a great post Mark.

]]> By: Trey http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39085 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:25:54 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39085 There are too many economic problems with albums and too much garbage in singles. There is such a proliferation of excess, (the more a company has the better chance it can hit the mark) We are in a downcycle in between what was and what is. In less than 8 years, the industry will change again, and something new will be chiding the old blood who appreciated the work an album took. Just remember that this industry has been itching to change since 1990. Change is inevitable. I just hope that they stop the likes of the Itunes superbowl ad performer.

]]> By: Zach Weisman http://blogmaverick.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39078 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:03:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/the-album-is-dead/#comment-39078 I wouldn\’t pay 99 or even 19 cents for a poor quality song with even the slightest bit of DRM. Period.

When the industry can catch up with technology and allow the market to dictate prices I will open my eyes to purchasing digital music.

The idea of serializing music will work for a \”teenie bopper\” POP artist or a \”get rich quick\” RAP artist, but not for a REAL artist. The album as an entity is not obsolete. It is a piece of art. For some artists an album is a 74 minute work of art that just happens to be separated into tracks. Songs are carefully ordered and coupled with interludes for a reason. I agree that for many artists, a RSS feed would be a great way to maintain popular interst but for others the album is a crucial artistic element.

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