bellenseb
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Why no digital liner notes?
December 10, 2007 at 05:31 PM UTC
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I'm finally making peace with the brave new digital music world and starting to forgo CDs, but the one thing I really do miss is liner notes. Sure, you might be able to find some info online, but usually not track-by-track personnel and other liner note staples, pictures, thank yous, etc.
Why don't liners either come as a download with an album, or get treated like album cover art, accessable from a centralized database when you play an album in a media program? Would it be so hard?
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5111
Re: Why no digital liner notes?
December 10, 2007 at 06:06 PM UTC
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Dude, i just need something with a gatefold to seperate the seeds from the buds. This digital age is bumming me out.
shoelaces22
Joined: May 10, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 68
Re: Why no digital liner notes?
December 11, 2007 at 12:04 AM UTC
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Some do- I know that the newest Ryan Adams album came with a "digital booklet" that opens with Adobe Reader. It just hasn't caught on with everyone yet, which is too bad because it's something that I enjoy.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Why no digital liner notes?
December 11, 2007 at 12:06 AM UTC
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Originally posted by bellenseb:
but usually not track-by-track personnel and other liner note staples, pictures, thank yous, etc.
Isn't this basically what a bands Myspace page, band blogs and tour diary's are for these days?
RustyOrgan
Joined: August 02, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1518
Re: Why no digital liner notes?
December 11, 2007 at 06:37 PM UTC
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Buying music digitally is good for people who aren't really into music. People who don't care about lyric books, etc. These people suck.
bellenseb
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1889
Re: Why no digital liner notes?
December 11, 2007 at 07:22 PM UTC
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by bellenseb:
but usually not track-by-track personnel and other liner note staples, pictures, thank yous, etc.
Isn't this basically what a bands Myspace page, band blogs and tour diary's are for these days?
Pics and thank yous, maybe, but not track-by-track personnel (who does backing vocals on that one song? which band members wrote each song?)