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| Not So Fast This is my response to article at:
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Changes are need but like other I have to disagree that CD is a badge of honor. It still comes to performance. There are many of CD I have gladly lost due to poor performance. Furthermore CD democratize classical music by allow small groups like my beloved Portland Baroque Orchestra to produce CD sets for promotion and as a source of fund raising. It also why I am dead set opposed to sealing music by torrents. I dare not use sharing in any way shape of form. By not respect the copyright, we are robbing the classical artist of a crucial source of revenue, for any orchestra and performer knows, every penny counts. As for the price being too high, I say this excuse to steal is rubbish. I have been listening to classical music CD for 20 years. The same Classical CD I bough 20 years gives me the same joy today as when I first purchased it. $18.00 is a bargain.
Another reason why the death of CD is over rated is there no reliable technology to replace them with, except for SD rom cards. Modern Internet technology allows me to have more exposure to good Classical Music but was designed mainly to separate the 14 to 35 year old demographic from their money and not for Classical music. MP3, give me a break! I can tolerate compression to a point if streaming or in my car but MP3 compression butchers the music; furthermore site like ITunes and Rhapsody and applications like Windows Media player treat each track as a separate entity, resulting in the scrambling of the order on large symphonic and opera pieces when attempting to down load them into my MP3 player. |
