Mike Shanley has what I regard to be a practical and really interesting idea of the problem of giving early access to music to reviewers over at his blog, shanleyonmusic:
“Tell ya what they ought to do. Buy some old shellacs and an old record cutter and press up promo copies and mail that out to us. We music critics love everything on vinyl, so you’d be doing yourself a big favor. (Yeah, I know the last part is ridiculous and stupid. I just don’t feel like deleting it all now.)”
On the contrary, Mike, I don’t think it’s ridiculous at all. Pressing records would not be very expensive. Most serious reviewers would be able to listen to them. And vinyl, by virtue of being completely analog, is a nice form of copy protection. It’s mostly a hassle to get a really good digital copy from a record with a typical home set up.
On the one hand, I seriously doubt whether any label will take up this idea, but I don’t have a clear sense why it won’t work.
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1 Musicobsession // Sep 15, 2008 at 4:33
I agree with you vinyl is a good way of protecting copyrights because they are expensive to burn just unlike cd and dvds.
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