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Alan McGee rant
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WITHIN TWO YEARS ALBUM CD'S WILL BE A THING OF THE AS DOWNLOAD CULTURE EATS UP THE MAJORS CHOSEN POISION OF MASS DESTRUCTION THE CD.VINYL RECORD SHOPS AND VINYL COLLECTORS ARE NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY BUT THE CD IS SO UNLOVABLE AND THE WHOLE IPOD CULTURE WE ARE ALL EMBRACING IS A.. PERSONAL AND LOVEABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL..B..ABOUT THE MUSIC AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SONG NOT THE COLD OVERPRICED DIGITAL SONIC BULLSHIT THE FANS HAVE BEEN SOLD BY THE MAJORS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS CD'S DON'T EVEN SOUND AS GOOD AS VINYL NEVER HAS DONE FOR MOST PEOPLE WE NEVER HAD A CHOICE.THE MAJORS FORCED THIS ON THE FANS TO MAKE THEM BUY EVERYTHING AGAIN I.E CHANGING THE FORMAT..BUY THE BEATLES ALBUMS AGAIN.THE NEW MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION IS APPLE/ITUNES AND IPOD CULTURE IS A LOVABLE FORMAT IT SOUNDS GREAT AND WARM NO MATTER WHAT BULLSHIT IS TALKED AT YOU BY THE CORPERATIONS ANALYISTS.I LOVE MY IPODS.MY CD COLLECTION IN THE HOUSE IS JUST UGLY 2000 CD'S ON A WALL BUT I LOVE MUSIC SO HAVE BEEN FORCE FED THIS FORMAT SINCE 88.THE MAJORS ARE LOSING THE MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION DAILY THERE POWER AND IT'S FUCKING FUNNY TO WATCH THEM SCRAMBLE ALL THEY HAVE IS THERE CHEQUE BOOKS TO ATTRACT NEW TALENT AND APPLE'S CHEQUE BOOK IS BIGGER ANYWAY EXCEPT THEY DON'T NEED TO USE IT THEY DO FAIR DEALS WITH BIG ACTS PROFIT SHARE DEALS WILL EMERGE 50/50 JUST LIKE THE INDIES HAVE ALWAYS DONE.ESTABLISHED BANDS THAT ARE OUT OF CONTRACT SO HAVE THE FOOTBALL RIGHT AT THIS POINT AND THE TOTAL UPPER HAND THE MAJORS I KNOW ARE SHITTING IT IN CASE ONE OF THEM BREAKS OUT DIRECT TO APPLE.WHAT IF RADIOHEAD SIGN TO APPLE.THEY ARE INTELIGENT ENOUGH TO DO THAT. WHY OTHER THAN A PROFIT SHARE DEAL WOULD THEY RESIGN TO A MAJOR OLD SKOOL RECORD COMPANY.FOR AN UPLIFT OF ROYALTIES ON PAST ALBUMS????? MAYBE BUT THESE BANDS ARE CLEVER AND KNOW THE MAJORS ARE NOW NOT THE FUTURE OF MUSIC THEY ARE HISTORY AS MUSIC ADVANCES FORWARDS AND THE FUNNY THING IS THE MAJORS ARE IN UTTER DENIAL.FOR NEW BANDS FINE GET THE CHEQUE BOOKS OUT MAJORS CAN HELP YOU GET KNOWN BUT IF YOU ARE AN ESTABLISHED BAND IN 2006 WHY WOULD YOU SIGN TO A BUNCH OF BEAN COUNTERS I.E ANY OF THE MAJORS.THE ALBUM CD THE MAJORS LAST CARD WILL BE OVER IN 2 YEARS AND THE WORLD WILL MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BY DOWNLOADING THE MUSIC TO YOUR IPOD FROM ITUNES AT NON INFLATED PRICES AT A COMPUTER AT THE END OF YOUR BED.RECORD SHOPS ARE THE NEW MOBILE PHONE SHOPS MAYBE NOT EVEN THAT.OH AND WE THE VINYL COLLECTORS WILL BE FINE PEOPLE STILL LOVE THAT AND ALWAYS WILL DO..MCGEE