Robert Fripp's Diary

DGM HQ A grey day

15.30

DGM HQ.

A grey day in Bredonborough, also a grey day along the Chalke Valley.

Set off from Bredonborough c. 10.50 arriving in time for lunchtime discussion re: single downloads.

single song downloads:: Posted by dougside on April 03, 2007

My 2 cents is that if it were logistically and financially possible to do so, then single song downloads would add a greater choice and more revenue to DGMLive.

Mr. Dougside’s more revenue is an interesting comment. In any DGM Live activity, more revenue is an alluring prospect & I sense a rising venal impulse at a possible about-to-be-becoming eruptile single-song-download income frenzy.

When the DGM Live Team built the site to handle downloads (primarily the work of Eric Anderson) we considered single track downloads.

1.         The sound differences between various performances are considerable. Within a complete performance, our ears become attuned to the overall, but there is no common sonic standard for single tracks across the spectrum.

2.         Concern about breaking up the integrity of a performance, this on behalf of the band/s.

3.         Revenue implications: would people continue to buy whole performances if they could buy their fave raves & fabbo Crim hits? We just don’t know either way.

4.         The technical implications of building the facility into the site.

If we moved to single-song download, there would be two immediate repercussions for innocent DGM audient-consumers:

i)          a disproportionately high single-track pricing;

ii)         no hot-tickle freebies, only 30-second tasters.

E-flurrying underway.

18.21 A computer breakdown on the 15” Mac. It went black & wouldn’t even force a shut down. Then the 12” went black, but it rebooted. In SoundWorld I, a whole raft of David’s sonic files have taken on a life of their own; they are not responding to his promptings.

19.16  The inbox is down to 0. Wow.

23.11  The inbox is up to 1. Stuff enough.