Hi Tom

I do write a lot of the reviews on our web site but the Chet Atkins one was
done by Jeff Colburn - one of a number of people who have done reviews for
us over the years - he does have a very witty way with words! Something I've
always strived for is to give honest opinions of the music we sell which has
gained us a lot of respect and some very loyal customers but not enough to
prevent the decline in sales over the years so we will be closing in the
next couple of months.

Frank

Frank Scott
Roots & Rhythm
P.O. Box 837
El Cerrito, CA 94530, USA
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510-526-8373 
TOLL FREE:  888-ROOTS-66
www.rootsandrhythm.com

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Hi Frank:

I didn't figure a typical old person would know about, care about or use an
iPod, much less pay for music downloads. So they definitely don't fit into
the class of people I was talking about. I was more referring to people who
have more money than initiative and choose to pay for low-quality downloads
to save the few minutes it takes to rip a CD into iTunes. The whole idea of
paying more for less is knuckleheaded, in my opinion.

By the way, do you write the descriptive text on your website? This is just
priceless, the beginning of the description of the JSP Chet Atkins set:

"Two things are certain: Chet Atkins was one hell of a guitar player, and
his recordings grew less interesting after 1954, when he stopped writing
material and started relying on songwriters such as Chopin and Bach, neither
of whom could write a country song to save his life. But then RCA had that
effect on everyone."

-- Tom Fine


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [MLA-L] Future of CDs


> Tom
>
> I don't know what circles you move in but I know a lot of people who
neither
> nor care to know how to rip CDs and none of them are mentally inept. In my
> business I deal with a lot of older folks who fall into that category -
I'm
> 71 and have no problems but that's because I was trained as engineer and I
> need to know about all the latest advances because of my business - which
I
> will soon be closing. But I think that there are a lot of people my age
and
> older who either are not interested in the internet (yes, it's true) or
just
> use a computer for email.
>
> I do agree with you that paying for 128 kbps files is ridiculous but I
don't
> think any of the official download services go that low. Personally I wish
> there was the option to get files in FLAC formbut there are very few
> organizations offering this.
>
> Frank
>
> Frank Scott
> Roots & Rhythm
> P.O. Box 837
> El Cerrito, CA 94530, USA
> [log in to unmask]
> 510-526-8373
> TOLL FREE:  888-ROOTS-66
> www.rootsandrhythm.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:17 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [MLA-L] Future of CDs
>
> To my thinking, lossy downloads are the dumbest example of foolish
> over-paying for alleged "convenience." Only someone very mentally inept
> can't learn how to rip CDs into iTunes if they want to put the music on
> their devices. Meanwhile, CDs often cost less than the album price at
iTunes
> (not always the case with Amazon, which generally has lower pricing for
> downloads). I'm OK in some cases to pay half or less CD pricing for 256 or
> 320kbps lossy files, but I have never paid a penny for 128kbps, and I only
> pay for the less-lossy versions when the CD is either unavailable or
> ridicu-priced. Fair pricing to me is: $5 or less per album for lossy (256
or
> 320kbps) downloads, minus album art; $5-10 for a real-deal manufactured CD
> with a real-deal case and booklet; $10-15 per album for 96/24 or 192/24
> downloads including a PDF of the CD booklet. The market right now
generally
> provides that kind of pricing for CDs, but not for either lossy or
high-rez
> downloads, so I buy mostly CDs right now.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Music Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [MLA-L] Future of CDs
>
>
>>I think that some/many in the general public have moved to downloads but
>> fortunately our library sales are still very strong.
>>
>> I have a 24 year old daughter that used to ask me to get her CDs very
> often
>> but not so for the past couple of years. I think that she has only asked
> for
>> 1 CD so far in 2014.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> Your search for sound & video ends here!
>> Jay Sonin, General Manager
>> Music Hunter Distributing Company
>> 4880 North Citation Drive, Suite # 101
>> Delray Beach, Florida 33445-6552
>> [log in to unmask]
>> 561-450-7152
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Griscom [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 11:29 AM
>> To: MLA-L
>> Subject: [MLA-L] Future of CDs
>>
>> The CD might not be dying anytime soon, but there is clearly a trend away
>> from the purchase of physical objects toward the purchase of digital
>> downloads:
>>
>>
>
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5901188/cd-alb
>> um-sales-fall-behind-album-downloads-is-2014-the
>>
>> Dick
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard Griscom
>> Head, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library and          office 215/898-3450
>>  Eugene Ormandy Music and Media Center
>> Interim Head, Fisher Fine Arts Library            office 215/573-4635
>> University of Pennsylvania                 Philadelphia PA 19104-6206
>>
>>
>
>