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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: bellenseb on December 10, 2007, 01:31:00 pm

Title: Why no digital liner notes?
Post by: bellenseb on December 10, 2007, 01:31:00 pm
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?
Title: Re: Why no digital liner notes?
Post by: chaz on December 10, 2007, 02:06:00 pm
Dude, i just need something with a gatefold to seperate the seeds from the buds.  This digital age is bumming me out.
Title: Re: Why no digital liner notes?
Post by: shoelaces22 on December 10, 2007, 08:04:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Why no digital liner notes?
Post by: vansmack on December 10, 2007, 08:06:00 pm
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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?
Title: Re: Why no digital liner notes?
Post by: RustyOrgan on December 11, 2007, 02:37:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Why no digital liner notes?
Post by: bellenseb on December 11, 2007, 03:22:00 pm
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Originally posted by vansmack:
   
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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? [/b]
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?)