tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post6980150578276535543..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: New York, New YorkBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-91887843573466235342009-02-04T23:54:00.000-08:002009-02-04T23:54:00.000-08:00I think the pop album where someone who's written ...I think the pop album where someone who's written maybe six decent songs in their entire life and puts two of them on each album, with the rest of the album being "fillers" that nobody in their right mind really would listen to, is on the way to the garbage bin. But there is still a place for thematic albums like the two I mention above. And iTunes actually has a place for them, typically with additional "album-specific" material. I've purchased a few entire "albums" via iTunes (stuff that's out of print that I can't buy on CD, typically) that had things like liner notes and so forth that are nice to have, if you're talking about a quality album as vs. some junk pop cr*p. <BR/><BR/>More on the future of music and the music industry in a posting... getting late and I can't edit this comment block as easily as I can a posting block.<BR/><BR/>Steve did something interesting with this album which was to add a DVD version where he talks about various cool stuff, his neighborhood, his music, sings a few of the songs off the album acoustic either alone or with his wife, etc. I'm wondering if multimedia stuff like that is going to be more important in the future. Hmm...<BR/><BR/>- Badtux the Music PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-34242524543303446542009-02-04T07:43:00.000-08:002009-02-04T07:43:00.000-08:00excellent and perceptive stuff tux. one of the th...excellent and perceptive stuff tux. one of the things i've noticed over the last few years, is that the album, as an entity, might be a dead medium.<BR/><BR/>people are still making them, but the sales money seems to come off single song sales at iTunes etc. that is, until the peer to peer pirates have it completely stolen.<BR/><BR/>too bad, the only songs i've ever sold for decent money were album "fillers."The Minstrel Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697821546165315014noreply@blogger.com