Comment Re:How is this novel? (Score 1) 457
There is one thing that I especially find compelling about this project:
1. The quality. Ok, so mp3 has been around for ages but the quality of these encoded mp3s are supreme. At least by looking at the specs. I haven't downloaded this album yet as I'm currently on dial-up. Although LAME --alt-preset extreme might be a bit excessive, I like the 160 kbps (cbr i suppose) option. Certainly better than crappy 128 kbps (old) xing encodings. Also a plus for the open format Ogg Vorbis as an alternative.
Bottom line is that the good quality of the mp3s makes this attractive to the audio enthusiasts as well, and not just the straight to iPod-or-whatever casual listener.
2. The distribution via bittorrent. The fact that BT doesn't rely on a central server with muscular bandwidth, makes it benefical for the artists. Especially the up and coming and the underground ones as they don't have to pay high hosting charges. Although the catch is if you don't get a fan following that is willing to seed, the torrents will eventually die when your album is yesterdays news. As witnessed by torrents of pirated content.
Thats actually two things if you bother to count them. I really hope that these two qualities will set the standard for other artists to follow.
PS. Don't bother pointing out that I'm new here.
1. The quality. Ok, so mp3 has been around for ages but the quality of these encoded mp3s are supreme. At least by looking at the specs. I haven't downloaded this album yet as I'm currently on dial-up. Although LAME --alt-preset extreme might be a bit excessive, I like the 160 kbps (cbr i suppose) option. Certainly better than crappy 128 kbps (old) xing encodings. Also a plus for the open format Ogg Vorbis as an alternative.
Bottom line is that the good quality of the mp3s makes this attractive to the audio enthusiasts as well, and not just the straight to iPod-or-whatever casual listener.
2. The distribution via bittorrent. The fact that BT doesn't rely on a central server with muscular bandwidth, makes it benefical for the artists. Especially the up and coming and the underground ones as they don't have to pay high hosting charges. Although the catch is if you don't get a fan following that is willing to seed, the torrents will eventually die when your album is yesterdays news. As witnessed by torrents of pirated content.
Thats actually two things if you bother to count them. I really hope that these two qualities will set the standard for other artists to follow.
PS. Don't bother pointing out that I'm new here.
