Edited by author 08-01-2002 01:35 AM
Downloading MP3s is wrecking the recording business. What about live music? Is there a chance that the undownloadable experience of live music will actually get a boost? Will all that free music swirling around the internet make people more musically sophisticated (and more likely to attend concerts) or will it gut ticket receipts like it gutted CD sales? [Link back]

Edited by author 08-04-2002 10:14 PM
I was in Chicago's Virgin Megastore yesterday. They have a bunch of CDs by the Who "on sale" for $14, marked down from the list price of $19! These are 30-year-old albums. These are the same ones I bought on CD 10 years ago at a small chain for $9. They're going to charge me 50% more and tell me they're doing me a favor? I don't understand how they can expect anyone to swallow this.

Here's the other side of the coin. I went to a jazz club in Chicago that same night. I was happy to pay the $8 admission to listen to an incredible singer in an intimate setting. I would have gladly payed more!

I agree the price of cd's is crazy. Also some mp3 websites carry viruses so the price of cd's is still crazy but it is better than buying a new computer.