Comments on: mFlow’s 20p-a-track Sale http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/mflows-20p-a-track-sale/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Bethnoir http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/mflows-20p-a-track-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-9406 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:06:28 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=2657#comment-9406 a bit late to this one, it is a very interesting question. I too sampled a few things for 20p I wouldn’t have bought at full price and mopped up a few tracks I’d heard on Spotify and wanted to own.

A band I like, Secrets for September have released a few download only singles that buyers can get for free or choose a price. They just ask that if it is taken for free people publicise the music to friends. I have paid for them, but I wonder if this strategy will work. As someone who can’t get to many gigs, l like to support artists I like by buying a CD rather than to download something, but maybe I’m in a minority these days?

]]> By: Ade http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/mflows-20p-a-track-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-9160 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:23:50 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=2657#comment-9160 There’s no reason why not, certainly – just very few seem to do it in my experience. (Also, Amazon doesn’t currently offer the option – but it is a good source of album cover images for homemade sleeves!)

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/mflows-20p-a-track-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-9158 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:09:56 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=2657#comment-9158 I can’t see why bands can’t bundle a .pdf or whatever with the artwork and liner notes with the album downloads – you can digitise that just as you can with the actual music.

]]> By: Ade http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/mflows-20p-a-track-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-9157 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:44:29 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=2657#comment-9157 As someone who was browsing Amazon’s progressive rock album downloads in the £3-4 category for some new, cheap music to sample, I’d say you have a point. I downloaded one album for £3.45 and I intend to buy the physical CD formats for both this and its predecessor from the artist’s web site soon as a result, spending a further £16. I added a further CD to my wishlist and I will keep an eye out for future releases by the band behind the third album I downloaded. I prefer to buy CDs so I have a tangible ‘hard’ copy of the music, but I take fewer risks if I’m spending the extra. However, I will take a chance on an MP3 if it is a reduced cost or the CD was otherwise unavailable in the UK. I certainly wouldn’t expect to pay full CD price for a set of audio files lacking artwork and a physical form.

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