a new era for music

[four card flush]

Yes physical music will always exist. Retailers and manufacturers however need to adapt to the changing market in order to survive. Take Woolworths resurrection as an online retailer for example. Whilst I posted the context as a discussion question what I'm really interested is the direction of design. What will future systems look like and how will services work for the generation who don't buy cds, never have, and I anticipate never will.

I think the trend is definitely for better connectivity across the country, and potentially even downloads themselves could become obsolete as your whole music library could be made available online.

I found it interesting that many of these legal streaming sites were set up by people who previously ran sites which streamed music illegally. There is now a business model which is starting to work, with artists realising there is money to be made by allowing free streaming of your music, through royalties from adverts, sign up fees, or resulting legal downloads.

[pANDAS Radio]

Why didn't you just start the discussion you wanted in the first place?

You should just have a conversation via PM with Campestral, you're well suited.

[four card flush]

Originally Posted by pANDAS Radio

Why didn't you just start the discussion you wanted in the first place?

This is the discussion I wanted. I wanted to hear what other people made of the initial information I was given at the start of this design project (my opening post). I've been thinking about it for a few days and have come up with my own conclusions, summarised in my second post, but I was interested to see if the discussion would go in a different direction and so wanted to avoid pre-empting people if possible.

[pANDAS Radio]

So what are your conclusions now?

[pANDAS Radio]

You might want to read this....

http://blog.indiepit.com/2009/07/02/...ac-recordings/