Go LaLa For Used-CD Venture

[nkotb]

I didn't know you could add friends.  Consider yourself added.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 and nkotb why aren't you my friend yet      

[kosmo vinyl]

I certainly hope they address the Digipack issue when they settle on the artwork issue.  I'm on the fence regarding sending the artwork, most the time I flip through it once and it gathers dust.  However, any compilation or retrospective CD that come with liner notes on the tracks I'll probably want.
 
 I think the service is for people who are looking to get their mitts on new music without having to sell them on ebay or to a used cd store.  It can give you more bang for the buck then selling to a used cd store. As  in theory it's a one to one trade, instead of having to sell two or three cd for store credit in order to get one back.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by nkotb:
  I didn't know you could add friends.  Consider yourself added.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 and nkotb why aren't you my friend yet      

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leave me a blurb so I can add you to my list

[chaz]

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  Hmm...OK, if you really want lossless mp3s, I guess this is a good deal for you, but I'm not sure why else you'd use this service...
 
 If you're a collector, you'd want the whole package, and in the case of digipaks, you can't even get liner notes through this service...
 
 If you just want the music you can in most cases download the music...
 
 So the audience is 1) people who want lossless mp3s and 2) people who want music that isn't available for download? which I assume is a small percentage of the music being offered for swap.

Well for me the physical artifact itself isn't that important.  I still consider it collecting, I'm just only collecting the music.  I really just don't sit around and stare at jackets and liner notes anymore while I listen to music.  So to me I'd much rather pay 1.50 for the tunes instead of 10-15 more for a cd jacket I'll look at one time when I load the thing on to my pc (I do all my listening by streaming from the pc to the home stereo or on the ipod)
 
 And as far as downloading goes, I just got tired of the whole thing.  Shitty rips, shitty tagging, not to mention i don't collect songs or singles, generally whole albums, which at times can be hard to complete.  
 
 Another think I like about la la is that you never know what's gonna show up from your want list...you just get an email saying something's been shipped.  A nice little surprise.

[nkotb]

In the span of 5 minutes, you've doubled my knowledge of lala.  I really need to sit down and play with this some more this weekend.
 
 I've actually had great luck with the trading as well.  I've sent seven CDs, and received 6 with two more on the way.  As far as artwork goes, a little searching online has turned up large enough scans that I can print out and use.  So far, it's a win-win.
 
 Kosmo, that's the advantage of adding CDs that you don't want to get rid of?  Is there one?  You have so many CDs on your have list; are all of them up for trade?  Just wondering if it would help at all to add CDs that I'm planning on keeping.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  leave me a blurb so I can add you to my list

[kosmo vinyl]

The advantage of adding CDs you don't intent to trade is to help match  you up with like minded users and thus get recommendation on CDs you might also enjoy.  When adding CDs I found out about some Kindercore and other like minded artists I wasn't familiar with.  Swan Dive, Call and Response, Northern Picture Library... That and at one point Phil Collins landed on the top of my recommended list and I was adding stuff by the bucketful to get him off the list.
 
 There are kinks in the system as it tends to make recommendations on what you mostly recently added...  It continues to suggest artists despite the fact you  might own a few of their catalog i.e. Depeche Mode.  They will be adding an ignore feature at some point, as I surely don't need recommendations based on liking Radiohead.  The system is still pretty mainstream "alternative" heavy as well..

[kosmo vinyl]

What suprised me while adding CDs was that a couple people actually wanted semi-obscure favs of mine like Cliff Hillis and Sugarplastic, I'd never part with either, but its nice know others at least want them.

[kosmo vinyl]

Any ever hear of Over The Rhine? They came up as recommended for Guadalcanal Diary and I had never heard of them and the Allmusic profile peaks my interest a bit...

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Any ever hear of Over The Rhine? They came up as recommended for Guadalcanal Diary and I had never heard of them and the Allmusic profile peaks my interest a bit...

Heard of but that's about it. Seems it wasn't all that long ago either.
 
 Wait a minute. I think I may have gotten a Friend request from them on MySpace but can't be certain. (I've obviously lost track.)

[ggw]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Any ever hear of Over The Rhine? They came up as recommended for Guadalcanal Diary and I had never heard of them and the Allmusic profile peaks my interest a bit...

Meh.  They get played on WOXY from time to time (being local and all).  I find them entirely forgettable.

[kosmo vinyl]

They and another folk rock band I'd never heard of were "recommended"... I suspect all it took was me adding one lesser known act that match   someone elses collection and out popped Over The Rhine and Caedmon's Call, the later being a Christian Rock act  :eek:  More data needs to be assimulated...

[Jaguar]

Hey, wait a minute, I've been running across a 'Christian Rock' act or two that totally took me by complete surprise. Believe me, I generally can't stand what is known and thought of as Christian Rock but something strange is going on.
 
 The first one is Hammock which really isn't Christian Rock, but some very Christian guys who create some incredibly good music. (Very nice guys too.) To give you an idea of how good they are, they had been hired by NASA to create some music to beam up to the astronauts. If you listen to their music, you would understand they are a perfect choice.
 
 You ought to hear their version of Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic"!      :eek:          :eek:          :eek:     It is outstanding!!! I placed it in my New Year's show and have used other Hammock material and plan to use even more. (FYI: The official release of that song won't be until May 2006.)
 
 These same guys also have another band called Bridges which is your traditional Christian Rock. Personally, I can't stomach that band even though they are clearly quality musicians.
 
 And then there is Gazer (who are much more Rock than Shoegaze); another band placed in my NY's 2006 show; who are from Little Rock, Arkansas. I swear, when I first ran across them, I truly thought they were taking the piss by using the Christian label. None of the music that I've heard from them seemed to indicate any Christian or religious leanings. Also, if you see their pictures, they look like a bunch of Glam/Punk/Hard Rock living hard musicians. Well, the singer looks kind of Jon Bon Joviish but I suspect that's more genetics than anything. It's the other guys who have that complete Rocker look. Then as I delved even further into the band, I realized that these guys were dead serious! They even met in church!!! Believe me, I had to rethink my interst in them a bit but, damn, I still like their music.
 
 Ran across a couple other bands who claim to be Christian Rock who don't seem to be at all. I don't fully get it. I must have attended the wrong churches all of these years.

[brennser]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Any ever hear of Over The Rhine? They came up as recommended for Guadalcanal Diary and I had never heard of them and the Allmusic profile peaks my interest a bit...

They are on one of your Paste magazine samplers - I like the song on the sample (Born)

[kosmo vinyl]

I'm sure there is good christian rock, the one mentioned was of the WOW Hits compilation variety...

[kosmo vinyl]

So far very good in lala land... have traded 31 CDs 17 sent out 14 back... my karma rating must be going up as the number of cds i can have in transit has gone up from five.  so far have sent out many dups, unlistened to and a couple cds picked up used for $5 to stoke the fire.  still have a number of dups not added to the list...
 
 my only concern is figuring out what cds i can my mitts on right now that i'm really interested. as my current want list contains several imports and long out of print cds not likely to available anytime soon...
 
 so far i've gotten a couple cds i never bother replacing the vinyl version of... Prince "Controversy" and early Underworld w/guitars CD.  CDs i never bother getting around to, Postal Service and the recent Killing Joke record with Grohl on drums.
 
 Hadn't listen the Prince album in years and WOW is it amazing... Should be required listening for all those retro synth/guitar bands cluttering the landscape at the moment.  So if this record were released today and were in the spolight would it be considered more controversial than it was in the 80s given the current climate?