First Download

Well I finally made the jump, and purchased my first download.
I bought Focus by Audiovision. I have to admit that is nice having the music instantly and at about half price.

That instant gratification deal is great......just wish they would include a pdf of the liner notes with downloads.

Staybrite wrote:

That instant gratification deal is great......just wish they would include a pdf of the liner notes with downloads.

+1

I really don't care about all the liner notes. I used to read them all but rarely do anymore unless there is a lyric I cannot make out.

I will probably do more downloads this year. I just end up ripping my CDs to MP3 nowdays and play my Zune more and more. So, I might as well save some cash and just get the music without taking up all the space.

alldatndensum wrote:

I really don't care about all the liner notes. I used to read them all but rarely do anymore unless there is a lyric I cannot make out.

Even then, you can usually find the lyrics online fairly easily.

Staybrite wrote:

That instant gratification deal is great......just wish they would include a pdf of the liner notes with downloads.

I've noticed that some downloads do have a digital booklet with them.

http://www.amazon.com/Real-Life-Digital-Booklet/dp/B00449PNCS/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294702796&sr=301-1

Yes some do, but it is a very small portion. I have purchased in excess of 40 downloads in the last year and a half, and have only gotten one with a digital booklet.

I still don't do downloads. I much prefer to have the CD inlay in my hands and read the lyrics, see who wrote what song, see who they thank and feel more a part of the music.

Fundy

Fundy wrote:

I still don't do downloads. I much prefer to have the CD inlay in my hands and read the lyrics, see who wrote what song, see who they thank and feel more a part of the music.

Fundy

Speaking of which, RED just released a digital version of the liner notes for their new album and put it on their website for people to download (you have to have a facebook to get it though):

http://redmusiconline.com/news/2011/1/10/until-we-have-faces-fan-reward-2-ready-yourself.html

Now that is cool.

I prefer physical CDs.
I love to read the lyrics.
Don't mind to download bands I'm not sure if I really like them.
Or download CDs of older bands or out-of-print-CDs.

Do you think the future of digital downloads will not only have digital liner "booklets", but those digital "inserts" will include bonus stuff, like embedded video, animation, etc ? You could do so much more in digital form than you can with a limited 5X5" booklet... Instead of a little dedication section, they could have a complete Wikipedia of material as part of the "Insert" - Instead of Lyrics having a Bible verse or two as reference, they could include entire Bible studies linked with online Bible materials...


Just thoughts....

That would be pretty cool.

Yes that would be cool indeed!

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Do you think the future of digital downloads will not only have digital liner "booklets", but those digital "inserts" will include bonus stuff, like embedded video, animation, etc ? You could do so much more in digital form than you can with a limited 5X5" booklet... Instead of a little dedication section, they could have a complete Wikipedia of material as part of the "Insert" - Instead of Lyrics having a Bible verse or two as reference, they could include entire Bible studies linked with online Bible materials...


Just thoughts....

While it would be cool, it will also add more megabytes to a download. Thus, this will create more bandwidth usage for the company selling you the download. This results in a higher cost for them to sell such content, and therefore they will pass that cost on to us. I would rather see this content on the artist's website. Let's keep the price of digital downloads as low as we can.

Good point - I like this =

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I would rather see this content on the artist's website

alldatndensum wrote:

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Do you think the future of digital downloads will not only have digital liner "booklets", but those digital "inserts" will include bonus stuff, like embedded video, animation, etc ? You could do so much more in digital form than you can with a limited 5X5" booklet... Instead of a little dedication section, they could have a complete Wikipedia of material as part of the "Insert" - Instead of Lyrics having a Bible verse or two as reference, they could include entire Bible studies linked with online Bible materials...


Just thoughts....

While it would be cool, it will also add more megabytes to a download. Thus, this will create more bandwidth usage for the company selling you the download. This results in a higher cost for them to sell such content, and therefore they will pass that cost on to us. I would rather see this content on the artist's website. Let's keep the price of digital downloads as low as we can.

Curmudgeon!

I prefer to be called King Wollygobber!

Staybrite wrote:

Curmudgeon!

Ding, ding, ding- We have the word of the day boys and girls.