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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Especially Aimee Mann, yes. I don't particularly need to hear Randy Newman do anything in particular.
The problem is that iTunes is caught between modern consumers, who are willing to pay for exactly the download they want, and the recording industry, which is locked in a 20th-century album-sales-oriented mindset. They're not managing that balance particularly well. I've never spent a cent there because of exactly the issues you're talking about, Gilda.
If you don't mind skirting a legal gray-area, http://www.allofmp3.com has almost as broad a selection as iTunes, and sells individual tracks for much cheaper than anywhere else. |
Mmmm. I'm kinda iffy on gray market goods. I know of several transwomen who get their drugs through overseas gray market providors, which may or may not be illegal for personal purposes.
Thank you for the link. I'll consider it.
I can't see spending $10 for one song when I can get ten other songs for the same amount of money. Even if I don't like any of those songs as much as I do the one I wanted, I'm going to get more enjoyment from the ten than from the one for the same price.
I do realize that not everyone is like me, though. Wasn't the original model for music distribution on records based on singles rather than albums? Artists would release singles until they had three or four good ones, then those, along with b-sides and filler would be put on an album to further cash in by getting people to buy the other stuff. It wasn't until the 70's that album oriented lp's became more common.
Gilda