Let the music play
Do you still buy CDs?
I do. And up until recently I burned my favourite songs on them to take with me on the road. But the taunting from my friends and family finally convinced me to venture into the world of the mp3 player. That, of course, means downloading songs. So I’ve finally joined the masses in contributing to the end of the great music chains in this country.
Sam the Record man went belly-up earlier this year and now the last of the Canadian music retailers is in bankruptcy protection: Music World.
The Globe and Mail reports Music World will be no more by early 2008. The company says it will try to sell off some of the profitable locations across the country, of which there are 72 in total, profitable and not. British-born HMV is the last big chain in this country and its owner says they may consider snapping up some Music World locales.
The problem for these retails goes beyond downloading music from the internet. People are also buying their CDs that way and not necessarily from music retailers. Everybody and their uncle sells music online now, including Ebay, where you can buy used and new CDs for cheap.
But isn’t the bottom line that we are still buying music and supporting the artists? Now there are music charts that track downloads and ringtones. And it’s up to the retailers to change with the times - at least, that’s what the head of the only survivor, HMV, has said.
November 12th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Oh yes, i still do buy Cd’s!
However that doesn’t mean that I also don’t use an MP3 player. I take my newly bought CD’s, rip them into MP3’s, select my favorit songs into a play list and then transfer them to my IPOD Shuffle to take with me. I have yet to get into the practice of downloading songs from the net and frankly at this time I can’t see that happening any time soon but I won’t say that it will never happen.