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Hi AllIs there any interest in hi-res downloads amongst the Hip-Popers? There seems to be demand for hi-res Jazz and Classical, but what about other types of music?
Would there be sufficient demand for quality labels (4AD and Kranky immediately spring to mind) to release acoustically minimally compressed, hi-res files? Considering much digital engineering is now done in 24-bit & 192k, what would be the difficulty/cost of releasing these to customers at a slight premium over lossy formats?
Personally, I see it as an opportunity for a quality to offer hi-res downloads to push the quality angle - quality of engineering and music - to differentiate themselves in the marketplace at what could be minimal cost.
If we think it is viable, how do we get the message through to label? I know, money talks and BS... but, the files need to be available before they can be purchased.
Cheers
Raymond
“Take your mask off when you're talkin' to me." Band of Horses
Edits: 10/16/10Follow Ups:
It's a nice idea. I just don't think it's worth most indie labels time. I must say, it's great to see independent artists like Trent Reznor offering high resolution material. unfortunately, he seems to be carrying the torch on his own.
I listen to a lot of different music, including various forms of indie and country music, and I would love to see Apple-lossless downloads.
Sadly, a lot of this music is not only badly compressed, but even more poorly mixed and this all comes through very badly on hi-rez formats played through decent equipment.
I mean how can you screw up mixing one voice + a guitar!
"What did the Romans ever do for us?"
You're talking about several different issues. The original question concerned Hi-Res downloads. Many of these "indie" labels are run on a shoestring budget, with a skeleton staff. I don't think the return would be worth their investment, to set up a high resolution download service for a handful of users.
Regarding recording quality; more and more of these recordings are being made in the artist's "studio", by themselves, on their laptop. The technology is cheap enough, and so widely available, that there is an "anyone can do it" kind of mentality. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the results do vary.
With respect to the delivery service; let's not forget that iTunes etc. was founded as much on convenience as anything else. Until bandwidth improves, they are going to continue to offer "lossy" formats, that download nice and quickly.
So, bandwidth and data allowances are issues in other parts of the developed world also?Would there be a large enough potential customer base to make some of the less-horrifically recorded and engineered popular albums available? For example, The National's latest via 4AD. What would it take to get customers on board? Would it be worth the effort? Who would benefit?..
Got to run, but I will think more on this.
Cheers
“Take your mask off when you're talkin' to me." Band of Horses
Edits: 11/02/10
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“Take your mask off when you're talkin' to me." Band of Horses
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