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It's 2018. FSM doesn't produce ANYTHING any more.
Lol
I would love to release things digitally, but the studios just don't give us the rights. On a very, very rare occasion we get rights and when we do, the release comes out digitally as well.
Furthermore, you are not taking into account union deals, mechanical royalties and 3rd party deals that virtually make it impossible for a digital release to come out.
MV
What he said. Well put on all accounts.
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No Limited Amount of Produced CD’s. Everyone gets a digital download. With only 3000 pressing..u limit what we buy. But with digital downloads from FSM...everyone is on board..with the 50th anniversary of Superman: The Movie..by John Williams
No Shipping
No more u guys bitching..I ain’t got my cd..it is been over a month.
No broken CD’s ...
Yeah, just region restricted purchases. They would sell even less and more would pirate. Going all digital would kill the industry.
The Solium Explanation
Streaming is inferior.
I been watching NETFLIX lately and having all sorts of problems that would not occur with dvd and br.
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Hi Townerbarry, as others already posted, unfortunately digital downloads are a non-starter for the studios in almost all cases, as they feel those rights are too valuable to license to anybody else.
I personally would love to have all scores available on all formats, physical and digital.
Sorry, dude, Lukas Kendall is just one man...
lk
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I have not yet ever bought a download file, mostly because most of them are MP3, and they definitely don't sound as good as CD quality. Mind you, I don't mind MP3s or AACs in my car stereo or on the go in my phone, but for home listening it is just not suitable.
So any digital download I'd even consider buying would have to be lossless. Secondly, I would need full control over my downloads. I've got thousands of tracks in my digital library and a very clear tagging system. iTunes, for example, is notorious for overriding tags even for downloads that you bought there. Can't have that. So for me, to this day, I buy CDs and make lossless copies of them an go from there. Maybe the day will come that digital downoads and/or lossless streaming will be my preferred choice. I'm looking into Qobuz right now, which streams lossless files an works well with my T+A receiver. Alas, the subscription costs a little over 200$/year, so I wonder if I should not rater invest that money into (more) CDs which I can then play for the remaining decades of my life. :-)
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Streaming is inferior.
I been watching NETFLIX lately and having all sorts of problems that would not occur with dvd and br.
Of course, streaming my have problems (Internet speed, Wifi speed, server speed, etc.), but if it's running well, it's great. I actually love it for watching movies. Even though I still buy CDs, and only on few occasions buy Blu-rays, since I can easily stream movies at home.
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The day the labels stop making CD`s at all and do only digital downloads is the day I stop collecting soundtracks. I may be of old school when I say that I want to be able to have something physical that I can hold in my hand. So I am a supporter of the labels that make the CD`s keep coming. I am no fan of downloading, either music or films for that matter.
so will I. I love CDs. I wonder if they will stop being made but hey some companies are still doing vinyl!
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CDs are the only way, have not or will not download anything. When CDs are gone, so is my collecting. I will then just enjoy the music I own until I am no longer able to buyer CD players or turntables.
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Dear Owner,
Please cater to my personal whims even though downloads have been shown to to general sell well for at least one film score label.
Thanks in advance for doing what I want after telling you that you're out of touch.
Sincerely,
Some dude
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Feb 2, 2018 - 9:16 AM
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Octoberman
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Man, when I think about the state of affairs at the moment it feels so damn discouraging.
The boutique labels are basically in an impossible position. For the most part, they are in this business because they are passionate about the music on a level so far above ours that it's almost beyond belief. They literally pour their hearts and souls into what they do--not to mention also putting their money where their mouths are.
There are the issues of legal wrangling and costs, the detective work to hunt down the best available source materials, etc., etc.
And then, guess what? Just getting the product to the customer has become one of the biggest kicks in the balls--thanks to rising shipping fees that border on extortion--not to mention that even after paying exorbitant postal costs there isn't any guarantee that the product shows up in one piece.
Digital downloads would almost be a godsend to the labels. Once the files have been put out there, the physical format upon which the customers store it becomes solely the customer's choice--interfered with by no one. For those that wish to, CD's can be burned, pdf's can be printed and so on. The reduction in costs to the labels would be profound.
But who is holding up the evolution of the business model? The studios.
They know they sit on a lot of potential profit, but they won't budge on the most efficient way to derive that profit from their property.
It amounts to corporate contempt towards the people who wish to keep the music alive and kicking, rather than reels stacked in a darkened storeroom. Also contempt towards the boutique labels that can HELP the studios make those profits. Sometimes it seems like the studios consider the labels to be The Enemy.
I used to be a "CD-only" guy.
Then it dawned on me that it doesn't matter what format the material is released on, because as long as it is a lossless presentation, I can store it and play it however I want (as the current technology permits).
CD's are just so damned cool, that I would never want them to stop, but 30 years ago I said the same thing about vinyl.
Sorry for rambling... I'm not sure I said everything just right, but I had some thoughts to get out of me head.
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Hi Townerbarry, as others already posted, unfortunately digital downloads are a non-starter for the studios in almost all cases, as they feel those rights are too valuable to license to anybody else.
I personally would love to have all scores available on all formats, physical and digital.
Sorry, dude, Lukas Kendall is just one man...
lk
Thanks for the reply..I feel you. It has been three years plus since I purchased a cd.
Strange the same ones who recently complained about Funds, Amount of Shipping Time, Condition of CD and CD holder..are here...wanting to use CD’s..hummm...and with the greatest of ease..no fuss..digital downloads..are so much simpler in life.
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And what about the people who CAN'T buy downloadable music?
I'm in Australia, and Amazon simply refuses to sell me downloadable music or video.
"Use iTunes", I hear you cry. But iTunes in Australia has far less music than iTunes in the US, and I can't see an iTunes catalogue without creating an iTunes account. And I why would I do that if I can't tell if they have anything I want to buy?
Until downloadable media really DOES enter the 21st century, I'll remain grateful for physical media.
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