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August 22, 2007
release dates
this is more music related, then pandatone. but release dates. when do you shop for records? (assuming you GO to a shop).. when do records come out? well my anwser is.. i go to the store on weekends.. records come out on tuesdays.. um.. what?
so if i'm at the shop on sunday.. whats new isn't out yet! i got to thinking about this by getting my hands on the new caribou album on vinyl. it came with free mp3 downloads.. so i got home and tried to get my mp3s.. (i was going to work the next day, no turntable there) and.. file not found! hmm. i wrote support and they told me. the record wasnt out yet. thats why i couldnt download it. but there i was with the record. and i got to thinking. what new was out this week? would i have rather had that? and with internet leaking. (coming from artists and labels at this point no less).. whats the point? well, i know the point. its so when writers/critics get their promos. i guess that means they are special. they want to "get the scoop" or some shit. and before that, it probably had to do with lining up reviews that had to come out in print! with releases.. etc.
it seems to me to pointless at this point. so, i am moving all music related releases to friday release dates.. if it wasn't for distro's and mail orders. (they don't want other people to have stuff first).. i would just make CDs available when i get them. if people want to review them. great! its probably a download anyways that they are checking. do people review unsolicited stuff? i doubt it.. unless its a big artist.. etc. anyways. thats what i think, and am going to do about it.
Posted by trevor at 5:37 PM | Comments (0)