I agree with all of you who feel the price of cds are to high. As a matter of fact I vent this point ever few months on two of the jazz message boards I frequent and get a lot of support. One of the recommendations I made was to boycott retail stores for a month or two, to buy only used cds or online.
I also agree that if the cds were of better quality then I wouldn't mind paying extra but let's be honest we are a very small minority of buyers in that market. The vast majority of cd purchasers are happy with the current quality of cds because they feel MP3s sound great.
An article recently stated that a large radio corporation is stopping its practice of accepting payola for playing artists cd tracks. If this catches on and other stations join in, then the major labels will have extra cash on the books and lower the price of cds. Alright, stop laughing. I didn't believe they would be that nobel and moral either.
So, what can we do to get the prices to go down?
I also agree that if the cds were of better quality then I wouldn't mind paying extra but let's be honest we are a very small minority of buyers in that market. The vast majority of cd purchasers are happy with the current quality of cds because they feel MP3s sound great.
An article recently stated that a large radio corporation is stopping its practice of accepting payola for playing artists cd tracks. If this catches on and other stations join in, then the major labels will have extra cash on the books and lower the price of cds. Alright, stop laughing. I didn't believe they would be that nobel and moral either.
So, what can we do to get the prices to go down?