Mix & Burn, Inc.

#1 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 14:29

"Mix & Burn Inc. has developed a laptop-size, touch-screen kiosk called a "Music Tablet" where consumers can download from a catalog of more than 200,000 songs spread among 200 music genres. The kiosks, which are sold to retailers, will appear in two area stores in coming weeks.

At $10 for the first seven songs and $1 per song after that, it's not as cheap as free, but it is legal. And the service addresses a fundamental problem with how the music industry sells its product: People don't like paying $15 for a 10-song album when they want only two of the tracks."

StarTribune.com

#2 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 14:35

It's a good idea. But a bit too late. They should have been doing this 5 years ago.

#3 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 14:38

200,000 songs ? That's not a lot.

For a 10 song CD $13 ?

It's going to be hard to compete with online stores...

-t

#4 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 15:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Zimphire:
It's a good idea. But a bit too late. They should have been doing this 5 years ago.

They were doing something like this 15 years ago in Sam Goody stores. You could walk up, order a cassette tape, and have it made on the spot. I still have the one I had done.

Mike

#5 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 15:07

Quote:

Originally posted by starman:
They were doing something like this 15 years ago in Sam Goody stores. You could walk up, order a cassette tape, and have it made on the spot. I still have the one I had done.

Mike

Ah cool. But still a tape is different than a CD. It would be a exact copy. No loss.