http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1448 Comments for "The CD is Dead Meat" en http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1448 <p><img src="http://www.strongim.com/images/cd_dvd.jpg" alt="" class="right" /> VC Blogger <a href="http://www.pacificavc.com/blog/">Tim Oren</a> has been prodding me on this <em>End of the CD</em> issue, and Tim has <a href="http://www.pacificavc.com/blog/2003/10/30.html#a427">his own different angle to accomplish the same holy goal</a>, an angle I applaud, but really, any way I cut the data before me, I really can't see Tim's rosy future for the <span class="caps">CD.</span></p> <h3>Can We Throw Away a Mature Market?</h3> <p>Tim points out how CDs are a well understood, routine production technology, and asks why should I want to trade away that potential market? First off, I don't agree that the production is 'routine' -- it may be routine all-in-a-days-work for Quincy Jones, Phil Collins and <span class="caps">U2, </span>but all the musicians <u>I</u> know have done it only once, maybe twice, a few rare ones have done it three times; those who retain their sanity have long ago ruled out any prospects of recouping their costs, they see the CD as only "a necessary business expense" because they believe you can't get festival gigs without a <span class="caps">CD. </span> I don't buy that.</p> <p>Can we discard an established and mature distribution channel like the production, manufacturing, transport, promotion and sales engines of the <span class="caps">RIAA</span> CD market?</p> http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1448#comments bringing back amerika players of instruments slay the RIAA Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:46:15 -0500 mrG 1448 at http://blog.teledyn.com