Are CD’s a waste?
My band is pressing 1,000 CDs. We made a great deal with the company to give us a complete package. A lot of people around our scene think it’s a waste to put out CDs in 2008. What do ya think?
-Roger. Norfolk, VA
Print a thousand and put them in your local stores (if there are any left) and have them in stock for heavy online sales. People still do like CDs. They like something in their hands they can look at and physically own, not something that can be deleted with an accidentally right click. The whole age of only mp3s is not a reality quite yet. For a lot of people, especially for those baby boomers who account for a great deal of music sales in the brick and mortar sales the CD is still preferred.. Look at Starbucks creating a record label and putting out product past the digital era. The CD is still not dead and still a viable product as long as you can pear it with other delivery services. Also don’t forget people at your shows are always going to walk out and want to buy something whether it’s a t-shirt or a CD. If you don’t have merch when you’re out playing how do you expect to pay for beer and gas after the shows over?
