The CD is Dead Long Live The CD?


The president of EMI is proclaiming the death of the cd.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?siteid=mktw&guid=%7BBA27DA69-B92A-473A-AF46-0CBE9DFA59EE%7D

Is he right? Or, like Mark Twain, is news of its demise premature?
kinsekd

Showing 2 responses by timrhu

"Vinyl still seems to be going strong" That statement hasn't been true for a quarter century.
There may be a niche market but "strong" is definitely not the correct descriptor.
Ahh yeah, those were the days. I would get bummed when I bought an album that had no lyrics or very little art work to look at while listening. But, those WERE the days.
Now my daughter has tons of music on her ipod. No lyrics, no liner notes, as far as I can tell. But she is constantly finding new artists and seems to know the words to songs I've never heard. She also has quite a bit of information about the bands which I'm sure she finds online. I have gone out and purchased CDs after hearing music from her ipod. The latest artist she introduced me to is Regina Spektor, wonderful singer/songwriter. She even tried the lp thing (cool) but once the newness (been there done that) wore off she went back to her ipod.
It's a crazy new world. I personally am resisting the move to put all of my content on a hard drive for various reasons. I'm sure it's just a matter of time.