CD VS Digital !?

Music Evolutes with the World and some times it is one of the big instigator of that evolution.
Prove of that is the Computer.

But what the computer have to do with music ?

Many things !
Electronic music is one but not just...
Computer open the music market and can be use as a Stereo at home or as a fantastic piece of music Equipment for recording and manipulating sounds.

Electronic dance music producers are making music and promoting around the world without moving from the computer.

On this days artists can make, edit, promote and sell they're own music without the need of meddle mans and this start to bring more digital shops, selling MP3s and open the doors for new artists.

One of the first CD and Digital distribution is cdbaby
CD baby its a USA company that distribute your music for the big music company's but the way they work is simple and direct. Cdbaby ask for 5 CDs for sell , they keep 1 and stay with 4 and they encode all the tracks to mp3 and WAV files to distribute to digital shops. The CD can be buy in more then 1000 places by catalog request. They charge you a 35$, 1 time fee and your music will be found in iTunes, Amazon, Napster and more. The distribution for so many digital shops some times make artists lost the eye of many of them later in time but CDbaby method let you have all the control of the shops in one place. They Distribute your Music !
You get the money of all places in one place, just !
Not much digital shops are making this CD strategy.

Digital shops are making a music market totally independent of the CD.
Digital shops are helping artists to sell they're music. They charging just a percentage of the sales.
Some examples of the Digital shops for Electronic music in the web : Beats Digital / Audiojelly / Napster / Apple Store
/ CDbaby / iTunes / Beatport / Amazon



Not Just That, Digital Record Labels start to be more and stronger in the web, some give the releases for free download ,others sign in some digital shop and make that, there own shop. This is a well maneuver change in the music industry.

The music formate are changed and now we have mp3 players and other gadgets capable to make the same what a music system do... Better, we can have a 1000 songs in the pocket and play everywhere without need of mini discs, cd discs or tapes (snif).

I can be prehistoric and talk about Vinyl, but how prehistoric is that ? We still need vinyl in the market !
Some music styles leave just about of vinyl and some cases are:
Techno, Drum & bass , Breaks, electro, and many other music styles and DJs that will not give up of the sense of vinyl in the fingers.
Most part of the DJs still use vinyl and that is the tool of the job.

Sooo, vinyl didn't disappear and just low his sales, the same will happen with cds i think.

Sooo, Why bother in record CDs ??

First good reason is:
If I go to Visit a friend, I will look at his CDs not search on his computer for music !
I mean ,Maybe I found your cd in his collection.

In a case of musicians & bands The CD is a Much more needed tool. When bands play live they need cds for sell. If they really want a contract with some major record label is better they have a well presentable cd to offer.

This means the bands or other instrumental music groups will always use the cd like some of the electronic music DJs will still use the vinyl.

I am really not try to make a fight between CD and Digital Edition, this is just the goods and bads of the all story !

I think they have both they're place in time.
Will happen the same with the CDs like happen before with vinyl ?

Yes !
The CD market will tend to be small and split,what before was big music industry will be more small studio recordings and record labels.
Again Exactly like happen with vinyl before.
Lots of small vinyl record labels still exists.

Where the music formats go in fact no one nows and changes in music industry are happen very quick.
L.U.A.R is one of that record labels started in the changes of 2006 with his own ideology about cd editions.
L.U.A.R
(Limited cds and Unreleased Artists Records)
This record Label produce CDs for talented electronic music producers and promote the artists work in CD exclusive to Wirikuta
& Digital distribute for all the major digital shops in the web there own Editions.

CD and Digital edition is a a method that many cd record labels start to use more.

So, what is the difference in this record Label ?

L.U.A Records offer CD services for independent musicians and Digital Record Labels.
The idea of making this service,is to work for the digital independent music market in small CD productions going from 10 to 100 limited cd editions.
This help artists and Digital record Labels to don't spend money in 100 cds any time you like to edit something. The best is really have small quantities to handle for friends, sell in Live concerts in web sites,myspace, Blogs etc...
This Idea of directing the artists for small cd quantities is because many artists and Digital Record Labels can have the chance to try the Audience before they make the next step for a bigger CD production, if later they are interested in go to the big Market or Major Record Labels.

L.U.A.R offer a CD service for low budget artists & Labels. They produce small quantities starting from 10 CDs.

L.U.A Records make Limited Editions of 100 CD Copies for each CD of his own Artists Catalog for promotion Matters, making with this to be a pure underground label ideology in the Digital Era.
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