en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/BlackCardOnce/journal The Last.fm journal for BlackCardOnce. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/BlackCardOnce/journal/2009/03/14/2kdpvk_why_the_hell_do_they_still_make_cds%3F%3F%3F Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:37:35 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/BlackCardOnce/journal/2009/03/14/2kdpvk_why_the_hell_do_they_still_make_cds%3F%3F%3F Behold another reason to rejoice! Another step in the burial of the traditional music industry - Dreamgale finally released their first album - as a free download. Then some folks who like their CDs to be fingerable asked when they can get one, and Dreamgale said (based on what I read on their page): "CDs? We don't do that stuff anymore." This is real, I've checked. The songs are right here, on Last.fm, ready to be downloaded (some are pretty good too, like Rays Of A Frozen Sun). From what I've understood the guys got fed up with their record company wasting their time on what would not be able to pay their rent anyway.

And I say "Hallelujah!". Welcome to the 21st century! Anyone else still hoping to earn some pennies selling disks people hardly remember where to stick in (don't give them to the kids, they get sharp if broken)? Feed the hungry record companies? Or maybe it is time for the industry to accept that selling music is no more - time to find new means of survival.

Hear this: Elly's Mirror - it's the sound of the DOOM of the music industry :)) So who's the fairest of them all??

]]>