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08-01-2017, 02:59 PM
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Stop calling MP3s on the internet "albums".
We need to come up with a new term for internet based song collections other than "album". Albums should only be a physical object made from vinyl.
IMO. Too convenient for anyone to download a bunch of samples, some cheap recording software, and then cobble together a bunch of stuff into a dozen songs on a site like bandcamp and then announce "I just released my new album". Great for the ego, not so great for the legacy of real albums. IMO. YMMV.
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08-01-2017, 03:06 PM
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SOPHIE FOREVER
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We shouldn't even call vinyl records albums. Too easy for any schmuck with a guitar to sit in front a studio's microphone and tell a "story" (usually without plot, just a description of a sad guy's day). We must preserve our concept of nobility and create a caste system for everything in our lives or we will crumble.
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08-01-2017, 03:07 PM
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Most definitely.
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08-01-2017, 03:09 PM
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Wonder why we never called CDs "albums". We just called them CDs. Same with cassettes.
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08-01-2017, 03:10 PM
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SOPHIE FOREVER
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Would you extend your concept to books published exclusively on the internet or does physicality only matter for this instance?
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08-01-2017, 03:13 PM
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SOPHIE FOREVER
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Call FLAC whatever you want though.
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08-01-2017, 03:14 PM
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The only time I have ever heard someone use the medium in which the music is stored on interchangeably with what is actually valued, you know, the music, is with vinyl. I don't ever recall someone in the '90's saying "hey man, have you heard the new Back Street Boys CD", it was always "Have you heard the new Back Street Boys album?"
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