[NewMusic] [BA-NEWMUS:50] Re: 21 Grand Brass Band

[Matt Davignon]

Yeah, I think emusic has it right, even though it has about 40% of the
tunes I'm looking for. I've actually changed my buying habits around
emusic. Instead of buying 8-10 new cds each month, it's more like 2 a
month now.

Amazon is going to start selling DRM-free music this year, following
in Itunes' footsteps. Since Itunes is still offering it Apple's
proprietary format, I think Amazon is going to become the next major
player, especially if other labels follow suit.

That does bring up the question of CD manufacturing. Right now it
appears that many of the download retailers are a little aversive to
offering downloads of albums that weren't available on cd. (And site
like AllMusicGuide won't review unless they have proof that it's been
pressed.) Hopefully they'll adjust with the manufacturers, or we're
going to have a nation of unsold cd stock.

Matt