I just finished reading an article about a record label E1 Music(Once known as Koch Records) teaming up with the independant digital label Amalgam Digital. The article brought to mind the idea that maybe with the teaming up of labels one day all labels will become digitalized. The fact that we will no longer be able to go to a store and buy the physical copy of someones album bothers me a little. I have always been into buying albums. I still buy albums to this day, i just like to have the physical copy with the liner notes etc. It seems as though with the growing technology soon enough maybe even within the next 10 years music will be pretty much all digitalzed. The rapper Joe Budden who is seen above in the A.D. entertainment t shirt is signed to Amalgam Digital. I actually bought my first digital album a few months ago his new album which was only available digitally. I met Budden at a signing in Smithtown last Febuary in which his 2nd album Padded Room was available in physical copy. However soon enough artists on that label and probably every label at some point with the joint ventures will be digitalzied completely. Its crazy to me how far technology has come from records and Walkman to having music only distributed over the internet. Well my opinion on the matter is i dont agree with digital music at all. Its just my opinion but i have always wanted to have the physical product of the album. I guess this is an easy way for the labels to make money(albums are around 5 dollars or so less digitally) but i just don't see it being a good thing. On the other hand with all the lazy people in the world i guess this could increase record sales in that it is cheaper and can be purchased with the click of a button.
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