End Of An EraR (cds, vinyl, mp3 player, album, member)

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 12-26-2005, 01:31 AM

So like, a little birdy told me that soonish CD's are going to be a thing of the past. All this bitching from the music companies is going to be worthless. Basically, mp3s will take over.

What do you think about this? Are you going to miss buying CDs?

I sure am. I love the feeling of seeing the album + artwork, as well as the music. But I suppose I could live without them...*cries*

Cheese · 12-26-2005, 01:33 AM

Won't really matter to me since all my music is downloaded now.

right-track · 12-26-2005, 01:39 AM

I remember this same situation when vinyl changed to cd's.
People said cd's would never replace vinyl, that it would never happen.
It did and along with the disappearence of vinyl went the traditional album sleeve artwork.

mp3's will replace cd's, which in turn probably be replaced in time by another format.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 12-26-2005, 04:34 AM

I laughed at my grandad the other day, he was saying "oh yeah, mp4's are gonna be takin over soon I hear". I was like, "Erm, its mp3, grandad" and then it turned out he was right all along. I felt well stupid.

Anyway, point is, things change all the time. I still love my cds, except I never really have the money to buy the original anymore. I either copy my music off someone else or download it, but either way I still burn it onto a cd somewhere, I cant cope with not having it in physical form. Im paranoid the computer will implode one day or summat and Ill lose all my music, so yeah, I burn it all anyway. CDs wont be replaced with me

sleepy jack · 12-26-2005, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtistInTheAmbulance

Anyway, point is, things change all the time. I still love my cds, except I never really have the money to buy the original anymore. I either copy my music off someone else or download it, but either way I still burn it onto a cd somewhere, I cant cope with not having it in physical form. Im paranoid the computer will implode one day or summat and Ill lose all my music, so yeah, I burn it all anyway. CDs wont be replaced with me

Me frice.

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 12-26-2005, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtistInTheAmbulance

I laughed at my grandad the other day, he was saying "oh yeah, mp4's are gonna be takin over soon I hear". I was like, "Erm, its mp3, grandad" and then it turned out he was right all along. I felt well stupid.

actually..the format that iPod uses is mp4. so your grandad was partially right.

personally...i think that as soon as everyone switches from cd's to mp3....there will be another format that runs at a higher compression rate and the mp3 player will be outdated.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 12-26-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe

actually..the format that iPod uses is mp4. so your grandad was partially right.

Hence why I said:

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and then it turned out he was right all along. I felt well stupid.

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 12-27-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtistInTheAmbulance

Hence why I said:

yes....i said partially because mp4's are a LOT less popular than mp3's. iPod is the only one that uses mp4's i believe.

deadkennedysmeetstheclash · 12-26-2005, 05:00 AM

Mp3's may take over. But it will take a good few more years. Vinyls enevr were completly replaced. They still exist, people still tarde/buy/sell an dlisten to them. CD's will be the same. Poeple growin gup in the Cd age will keep them as artifects from an older day. Plus I don't know if Mp3's will take over. For one, peopel liek material thinsg eg CD's. People want something they can hold, feel. People like big stacks of thing to show that they have more than anyone else.

either/or · 12-26-2005, 06:23 AM

yeah if mp3's do take over i doubt we would see the end of cover art and such. im sure that mp3 such and suches would be put out with little cases and booklets inside. otherwis how else would you be able to see what tracks are on the mp3's before you buy them?

12-26-2005, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,775	End Of An EraR So like, a little birdy told me that soonish CD's are going to be a thing of the past. All this bitching from the music companies is going to be worthless. Basically, mp3s will take over. What do you think about this? Are you going to miss buying CDs? I sure am. I love the feeling of seeing the album + artwork, as well as the music. But I suppose I could live without them...cries __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

12-26-2005, 04:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,528	I laughed at my grandad the other day, he was saying "oh yeah, mp4's are gonna be takin over soon I hear". I was like, "Erm, its mp3, grandad" and then it turned out he was right all along. I felt well stupid. Anyway, point is, things change all the time. I still love my cds, except I never really have the money to buy the original anymore. I either copy my music off someone else or download it, but either way I still burn it onto a cd somewhere, I cant cope with not having it in physical form. Im paranoid the computer will implode one day or summat and Ill lose all my music, so yeah, I burn it all anyway. CDs wont be replaced with me __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

12-26-2005, 06:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 349	yeah if mp3's do take over i doubt we would see the end of cover art and such. im sure that mp3 such and suches would be put out with little cases and booklets inside. otherwis how else would you be able to see what tracks are on the mp3's before you buy them? __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

12-26-2005, 01:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cheese Shadow on the wall Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 836	Won't really matter to me since all my music is downloaded now.

12-26-2005, 01:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,769	I remember this same situation when vinyl changed to cd's. People said cd's would never replace vinyl, that it would never happen. It did and along with the disappearence of vinyl went the traditional album sleeve artwork. mp3's will replace cd's, which in turn probably be replaced in time by another format.

12-26-2005, 05:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
deadkennedysmeetstheclash Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 89	Mp3's may take over. But it will take a good few more years. Vinyls enevr were completly replaced. They still exist, people still tarde/buy/sell an dlisten to them. CD's will be the same. Poeple growin gup in the Cd age will keep them as artifects from an older day. Plus I don't know if Mp3's will take over. For one, peopel liek material thinsg eg CD's. People want something they can hold, feel. People like big stacks of thing to show that they have more than anyone else.