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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (14762)	9/14/2000 1:28:11 AM
From: techreports	Respond to of 60323

>>The big time sufferers in the free mp3 phenomenon are bands trying to "Make It." These are bands that depend very much on CD sales to get noticed by labels and get pushed and backing up to the next level of success.<< These 'Make It' bands have always had a tough time. The music industry isn't a easy industry to get into. Let me get this straight. The 'Make It' bands have to sell CDs first to get noticed by the labels to get pushed? I thought it was the other way around.. A up and coming band gets noticed by a label and gives them a few mill. With that money, they produce a CD and tour to help get more known among music listeners to help sell more CDs. The pay off comes when they sell millions of CDs. Nevertheless, if that article i read was right and fairly new, then CD sales are going up. Good for everyone even the small/unknown bands.

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (14762)	9/14/2000 10:02:17 AM
From: LowtherAcademy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

There is no doubt that there will be a tsunami of sales of flash stored MP3 noise. Great for SNDK, but, unfortunately, ultimately a poison pill for the industry. Let's face it, MP3 music sounds like crap. It's a terrible medium for accurate reproduction. The 16bit CD is self limiting enough, and it is rare to find a well produced/recorded CD. JVC's XRCD 20 bit CD's are considerably better, but still short of the mark when compared to a well recorded RCA Living Stereo LP of 60's-70's vintage. So, like so many things in the new world culture, music reproduction quality is ramped into a downward spiral that makes it less appealing to the consumer. Audio fatigue is almost instantaneous with this crap and as a result there will be less and less time that people spend listening to music. Everyone looses in the end. Well, almost everyone, in the interim SNDK will make a ton of money. LOL. LEW