Blue Coast Records

hmmmm.... looks like some epically boring music.

http://www.bluecoastrecords.co...es_Alex_DeGrassi.wav

Um defo the sort of shit they play at hifi shows.

:-)
does anybody knows why all the REAL musicians doesn't offer their music in hi-res files (or better their labels)?or why - for example- doesn't offer itunes their music in hi-res format (guess a lot of us folks would like to pay a little more for good quality)?
regards ralf

Sadly there are lots of pirates who would take advantage ralf.

Labels and bands have tried (DVD-A, SACD, etc) We as consumers in general dont want it. We are plenty happy with MP3s bought online. Why would they give us 24/96 en masse when they do not need to.

Some musicians offer 24/96 FLAC downloads from their websites, and this will be increasingly more common. Also many small start-up bands are now releasing their first albums, and hopefully many more, through torrent sites and their own websites.

Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor) has been doing this for a while. From his site about their newest album.

"the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits."

Giving it away for free eliminates pirating. The artists know they cant do anything about it anyway. So they make money on the LP releases and the physical CD/Packaging the big fans want. Then touring, t-shirts, etc... With nearly 100% of profits going directly to the artist, they can sacrifice the multi-platinum level of album sales. Its not where the huge artists make their money anyway. Smaller acts are happy just to get some exposure.

If you go look at your favorite artists website, you might find some of them doing the same.

Just wait and more and more will be doing the same thing. Record labels are quickly becoming simply marketing companies.

-p

from the FLAC website.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of these are offering 24/96, and are possibly free.

Artists

* Autechre
* Buckethead
* Charlie Hunter
* Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
* Dave Matthews Band
* The Eagles
* The Grateful Dead
* King Crimson
* Metallica
* Pearl Jam
* Phish
* Primus
* The Tallis Scholars
* They Might Be Giants
* Tori Amos
* Widespread Panic

Labels and Stores

* 7digital
* AliveAudio
* Alphabasic
* ATO Records (Store)
* Bleep.com
* Boomkat
* Burning Shed
* DigitalSoundboard.net
* digital-tunes
* DiscLogic
* Experimedia
* Fast Atmosphere
* FestivaLink.net
* FretTunes
* Gimell Records
* Grooveshark
* HDtracks
* InnerSong
* Linn Records
* Magnatune
* Merge Records
* Mindawn
* morgan leah records
* MunckMusic
* Music is Here!
* Musictoday
* MusicZeit
* Nettwerk
* Paper Recordings
* The Philadelphia Orchestra
* Pristine Classical
* Psymbolic
* Smithsonian Global Sound
* SomaRecords.com
* Opsound
* Zunior.com

Venues:

* The Bonnaroo Music Festival

Communities:

* archive.org, the Internet Archive:
o Live Music Archive
o Net Labels
o Open Source Audio
* The Avant Garde Project
* dimeadozen.org
* dxdt.org
* etree.org
* The Furthur Network
* Miller Center of Public Affairs: 33 years of presidential recordings
* Montreal Sound Map
* nugs.net: live music downloads
* Splice.net

Give it time..... it is happening fast and will be here soon.

Great list, thanks! Regards ralf

quote:

I wouldn't be surprised if some of these are offering 24/96, and are possibly free.

The widely accepted reason most music is not commercially available as a high res' file is due to pirates.

quote:

We as consumers in general dont want it.

Not we, they perhaps?

You are welcome T!