Think we'll ever see Gord and EMP do this?

[Auburn Annie]

Of course they'd need an actual website first:

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From floppyhead.com

http://www.floppyhead.com/2006/10/24...ding-industry/


Barenaked Ladies successfully stick it to the recording industry
October 24th, 2006 by Kevin

The Barenaked Ladies are offering their latest album, “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” as a download from their website without digital rights managment. All audio downloads are available in the popular MP3 format, encoded at 196kbps. Some audio has also been made available in FLAC file format, which is a lossless format. The files are not encrypted with digital rights management or copy protection software. Artists are slowly migrating to distributing their own content via the internet. This seems like a great idea and should scare the RIAA more than any college student downloading a pirated song. BNL also is offering live recordings from their concert tours. An album is sold for $9.99 for mp3 and $12.99 for FLAC lossless files. Essentially you are paying $12.99 for a CD, which is a better deal in my opinion than iTunes (due to lossless files).

More importantly, BNL has been very successful, topping $970,000 in gross sales from “intellectual property” during the first week following the release of “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” according to thedigitalmusicweblog. One thing to keep in mind is that the band makes more money than selling albums through more traditional channels, with artist run labels making almost $5 per album.

I really like this business model. I think it is good for the artist and the consumer. We should really support bands that branch out like this. I think this is the best way to send a message to the RIAA and even Apple. It should be noted that the album also is available on Emusic. I was able to download the album as part of my $9.99 subscription.

[Auburn Annie]

Of course they'd need an actual website first:

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From floppyhead.com

http://www.floppyhead.com/2006/10/24...ding-industry/


Barenaked Ladies successfully stick it to the recording industry
October 24th, 2006 by Kevin

The Barenaked Ladies are offering their latest album, “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” as a download from their website without digital rights managment. All audio downloads are available in the popular MP3 format, encoded at 196kbps. Some audio has also been made available in FLAC file format, which is a lossless format. The files are not encrypted with digital rights management or copy protection software. Artists are slowly migrating to distributing their own content via the internet. This seems like a great idea and should scare the RIAA more than any college student downloading a pirated song. BNL also is offering live recordings from their concert tours. An album is sold for $9.99 for mp3 and $12.99 for FLAC lossless files. Essentially you are paying $12.99 for a CD, which is a better deal in my opinion than iTunes (due to lossless files).

More importantly, BNL has been very successful, topping $970,000 in gross sales from “intellectual property” during the first week following the release of “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” according to thedigitalmusicweblog. One thing to keep in mind is that the band makes more money than selling albums through more traditional channels, with artist run labels making almost $5 per album.

I really like this business model. I think it is good for the artist and the consumer. We should really support bands that branch out like this. I think this is the best way to send a message to the RIAA and even Apple. It should be noted that the album also is available on Emusic. I was able to download the album as part of my $9.99 subscription.

[charlene]

BNL were talking about this up here in September I think - it's certainly an alternate way to get the music heard while still making money and keeping fans happy.
It will be interesting to see how this sets a new trend for musicians....
http://www.bnlmusic.com/
It always makes me laff when I remember the kerfuffle with the Mayor of Toronto back in late 1990. Mayor June Rowlands heard their "offensive" name and wouldn't allow them to play the New Year's Eve show at the outdoor party held at City Hall...omigoodness what a tempest in a teapot...BNL got more publicity than if they had played....
http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/barenakedladies.html
I always enjoy seeing them perform (never seen them live) especially on local TV because they have so much fun on stage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barenaked_Ladies

[charlene]

BNL were talking about this up here in September I think - it's certainly an alternate way to get the music heard while still making money and keeping fans happy.
It will be interesting to see how this sets a new trend for musicians....
http://www.bnlmusic.com/
It always makes me laff when I remember the kerfuffle with the Mayor of Toronto back in late 1990. Mayor June Rowlands heard their "offensive" name and wouldn't allow them to play the New Year's Eve show at the outdoor party held at City Hall...omigoodness what a tempest in a teapot...BNL got more publicity than if they had played....
http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/barenakedladies.html
I always enjoy seeing them perform (never seen them live) especially on local TV because they have so much fun on stage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barenaked_Ladies

[Ginny]

And this just in! Fully clothed June Rowlands is now available on VINYL. RJ.

[charlene]

LOL Ron!
thank heavens for small mercies for that good news!
She was so 'out of the loop" on so many things...too bad Betty Disero didn't win...she was a friend from when we were kids...she would have been more in touch.
She was a ward councilor in Toronto until 2003.She's out of politics too...She defeated Joe Piccinninni in his long standing councilor position - he was an old family friend of my dad's...lol
We've got a sad sack mayro looking for re-election and some dim choices opposing him...good grief...
I'd like to nominate RON JONES for MAYOR of TORONTO!
lol

[charlene]

LOL Ron!
thank heavens for small mercies for that good news!
She was so 'out of the loop" on so many things...too bad Betty Disero didn't win...she was a friend from when we were kids...she would have been more in touch.
She was a ward councilor in Toronto until 2003.She's out of politics too...She defeated Joe Piccinninni in his long standing councilor position - he was an old family friend of my dad's...lol
We've got a sad sack mayro looking for re-election and some dim choices opposing him...good grief...
I'd like to nominate RON JONES for MAYOR of TORONTO!
lol

[Ginny]

You are too kind Char. I really love and really miss that ol' town though and if I was still living there I think I would be wrapped up somewhere in the goings on. They say "you can't take the Newfy out of the boy" and I know for sure "you can't take the TO out of the Lighthead." Can't wait to get back to it next month! RJ.

[Gord H]

It would be a great idea if EMP decided to do something like that. I'm not sure if GL himself would take the initiative but I'm sure his children or grandchildren just might do so sometime down the road.

[TheWatchman]

I like the idea, but the only problem with downloads like these are for those of us who have good systems and enjoy GOOD sounding music without listening to digital background fillers.

I have some Knopfler downloads that were mixed in the studio by Chuck Ainly and they sound fantastic, better than any live CD I've ever purchased in the store. If they are done correctly it's fine, but most downloads fall short on quality though.

To get the downloads to sound their best with little to no traces of the "compressed digital" sound is to burn them on pro CD's i.e. hhb CD's and burn them at 1x. If your burner will not burn that slow, then burn at nothing higher than 4x. Even if your software says it will burn at 1x, go into your burner hardware profile and set it to the lowest setting. It's the quality of your burner that will allow the low burn speeds, not the software.

Sound quality does suffer at higher than 4x burn speeds. 1x is best on pro CD's that are capable of being burned at these low speeds.

You will not find better mixed or better sounding CD's than those by Knopfler/Shangri-La studios. If you've never heard a perfect sounding recording, get Mark Knopfler, "Shangri-La", released in 2005. I have a friend with a very, very high end system which picks up everything in the recording and there are zero, and I mean zero flaws on this CD.

I would much rather purchase CD's but still I buy lots of downloads when I want a song or two and not an entire CD. I don't know how much Lightfoot would actually benefit from this though.

[Auburn Annie]

I was thinking more of the live tracks from various concerts rather than new album releases. He's said they've recorded the Massey Hall performances for a number of years, with the idea of culling a possible album from them. I doubt there are as many Lightheads as Deadheads (more's the pity) but considering how many Grateful Dead concert tapes there are floating around it didn't seem to hurt them any.

[Auburn Annie]

I was thinking more of the live tracks from various concerts rather than new album releases. He's said they've recorded the Massey Hall performances for a number of years, with the idea of culling a possible album from them. I doubt there are as many Lightheads as Deadheads (more's the pity) but considering how many Grateful Dead concert tapes there are floating around it didn't seem to hurt them any.