CNN: Is the death of the CD looming?

Subject: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:32 am

CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/19/cd.digital.sales/index.html

Quote :: As the music industry as a whole struggles in a down economy and direct download business models like iTunes flourish, the compact disc -- which was commercially introduced in 1982 -- has the appearance of going the way of vinyl.

And contrary to the recent declaration of singer Prince -- who said that the Internet is dead and released his latest CD for free via European newspapers -- there's some evidence that consumers aren't as enamored with ripping the cellophane off that new CD as they once were.

According to data from Nielsen SoundScan, in 2007 CDs accounted for 90 percent of album sales in the United States, with digital accounting for the other 10 percent. Just two years later, that number had shifted to 79 percent CDs and 20 percent digital, with the remaining percentage point being made up of vinyl and other media.

Thoughts?

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:28 am

I think that CDs won't be the high percentage that it was but it will still remain.

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:46 am

I remember Alan Tregoning at blastbeats.com stated that he closed down because the CD has been dead since 2004.

I haven't bought a CD in a long time myself - I'm a digital man.

Last edited by 325ad on Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:15 pm; edited 1 time in total

Collectors of niche markets such as Metal will follow the band more than the music will continue to buy Cd's as long as they are made. People who like Pop, Rap, Hip Hop etc that are only interested in the latest hot songs from perfomers like Lady Gaga, Just Bieber etc will continue to push Digital sales! These people are not really music fans!

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:53 pm

of course CD's are becoming obscure.. but not CDR's. Due to the popularity of downloading digital musik.. everyone is burning cdr's left and right. So really, it depends on what kind of cd's we are talking about.

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325ad wrote:: Collectors of niche markets such as Metal will follow the band more tha the music will continue to buy Cd's as long as they are made. People who like Pop, Rap, Hip Hop etc that are only interested in the latest hot songs from perfomers like Lady Gaga, Just Bieber etc will continue to push Digital sales! These people are not really music fans!

+1

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:44 pm

CDs will continue to fall, but vinyl and digital will continue to rise.

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:09 pm

I still buy cds exclusively. I never download unless it's something free that I run across.

I love my cd collection and I want to continue growing it.

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:48 pm

The death of the CD has been looming for a while now.

325ad wrote:: Collectors of niche markets such as Metal will follow the band more than the music will continue to buy Cd's as long as they are made. People who like Pop, Rap, Hip Hop etc that are only interested in the latest hot songs from perfomers like Lady Gaga, Just Bieber etc will continue to push Digital sales! These people are not really music fans!

I'll take Lady Gaga over a one-off, poorly recorded metal garage band any day.

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:18 pm

LastFirstborn wrote:

The death of the CD has been looming for a while now.

325ad wrote:: Collectors of niche markets such as Metal will follow the band more than the music will continue to buy Cd's as long as they are made. People who like Pop, Rap, Hip Hop etc that are only interested in the latest hot songs from perfomers like Lady Gaga, Just Bieber etc will continue to push Digital sales! These people are not really music fans!

I'll take Lady Gaga over a one-off, poorly recorded metal garage band any day.

You can have her! poo

Give me real music made by real people!

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:43 pm

325ad wrote:

LastFirstborn wrote:

The death of the CD has been looming for a while now.

325ad wrote:: Collectors of niche markets such as Metal will follow the band more than the music will continue to buy Cd's as long as they are made. People who like Pop, Rap, Hip Hop etc that are only interested in the latest hot songs from perfomers like Lady Gaga, Just Bieber etc will continue to push Digital sales! These people are not really music fans!

I'll take Lady Gaga over a one-off, poorly recorded metal garage band any day.

You can have her! poo

Give me real music made by real people!

Like Stryper? Rolling Eyes

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:53 pm

I think Digital sales will drop as well...especially since spotify has arrived in quite some European countries. You pay a few bucks a month and you can listen to all the music you want. I really hope you Americans will be able to use it as well in the near future.

I also think that CD sales will continue to drop, but it won't disappear. Vinyl will continue to rise. Especially combinations of Vinyl+Digital Download or +Cd.

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I've bought a few CDs this year, but have downloaded many more AAC MP3s.

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:54 pm

LastFirstborn wrote:

325ad wrote:

LastFirstborn wrote:

The death of the CD has been looming for a while now.

325ad wrote:: Collectors of niche markets such as Metal will follow the band more than the music will continue to buy Cd's as long as they are made. People who like Pop, Rap, Hip Hop etc that are only interested in the latest hot songs from perfomers like Lady Gaga, Just Bieber etc will continue to push Digital sales! These people are not really music fans!

I'll take Lady Gaga over a one-off, poorly recorded metal garage band any day.

You can have her! poo

Give me real music made by real people!

Like Stryper? Rolling Eyes

CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Pwnd

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cds are so gay lol

Subject: Re: CNN: Is the death of the CD looming? Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:43 am

I only really buy Cds from the bands I really like and want to support. Other then that, I'm a downloading Fiend. I buy a lot of Digital stuff from Itunes. But if any of the older and original members of Extol did anything, I'd buy there stuff. Because Just about everything any of those guys have done, is nothing short of amazing.