As part of a year of celebrations to mark the turning of the CD-writer.com MD’s 41st year we are offering over 41’000 UK pounds worth of discounts on our best selling products. Find out more by visiting the MDs Birthday celebration discount pages.
Low priced duplicators in our B-Grades deals – Part 2
We’ve gone through all our open box, returned and old stock to bring you these great offers on B-Grade discounted duplicators. Call us on 02082930777 to find out more.
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New momentum for the music industry as physical media sales grow.
There is some exiting news regarding the music industry. Some of you are possibly not aware of the fact that the music industry has been in decline for the last few years. Now it seems as if things might have changed. The sale of the company EMI, due to financial problems, might still be concerning but overall it looks like the industry is heading towards a positive future.
Believe it or not, but according to different sources, among others articles published by USA Today and Reuters, US album sales rose in 2011 for the first time since 2004 with an reported increase in turnover of 1.3 % from 326.2 million in 2010 to 330.6 million in 2011.
In order to be more definite here are a few facts showing how this figure of 330.6 million is made up. (although the numbers don’t add up precisely):
– Physical albums sold in 2011: 228 million (of that 225 million were on CD and 4 million were on vinyl; the result of the latter led to the fact that its sales climbed by 36 % compared to the same period a year before)
– Digital album sales in 2011: 103 million
– Digital single sold 1.27 billion
Reportedly, it is also the first time in history that digital album sales surpassed physical sales by allowing 10 individual singles to be collectively considered as an album. There was an improvement of CD sales as well, from down 19 % in 2010 to a much healthier 5.7 % in 2011.
Let’s get into it in more detail. The US music industry possibly owes its increase in turnover in a large part to Adele’s big seller album 21, which achieved sales of overall 5.82 million copies, consisting of 4 million physical CDs and 160,000 vinyls. To be exact, 83 % of the units sold were account for in physical sales. Furthermore, there were 5.81 million downloads of her number 1 hit “Rolling in the Deep”, which should the be, transformed into units, add up to another 581,000 albums sold. Given the fact she wrote this song in just one single afternoon, it’s quite a success. Finally, her album had the highest annual sales since Usher’s Confessions sold 8 million albums in 2004. I suppose 2011 must have been a really good year for Adele in which she outpaced many of her equally worth contemporaries.
You might not believe it, but the the prize for the biggest selling vinyl album goes to The Beatles’ Abbey Road, which was launched in 1969. A third time running win for the apple plate, with ever growing yearly sales. In 2009 34,800 copies were sold, 35,000 in 2010 and eventually 41,000 in 2011. In general, most of the long sellers of vinyls were from the rock or alternative genre.
Additionally, here are the respective shares of the most known companies in the music industry in the US:
1. Universal Music Group 29.9%
2. Sony Corp. 29.3%
3. Warner Music Group 19.1%
4. EMI Group 9.6%
5. Indies 12.1%
According to an article of the USA Today 76,875 new albums entered the music market last year. However, the important thing is that 34 % of the last year’s sales consisted of those new launches.
Although the above mentioned data contains the industry numbers, it’s quite impossible to measure the whole revenue of the music industry because many of the indie sales don’t even show up in the statistic. Therefore this article might give you just a quick overview of how things have changed, however, with the numbers stacking up as they are it looks like the music industry can forward to a rosy future.
Here at CD-writer.com we continue to see increasing custom from recording artists who are dedicated to releasing their product in physical form. We work closely with our customer to ensure they produce the most professional product for their releases whether we are offering disc production technology or disc production services. If you are interested in releasing your music on CD or DVD talk to the team at CD-writer.com today on 0208 293 0777 to see how we can help you get your music to market.
Sources:
Album sales up in 2011, especially for Adele (USA Today)
U.S. 2011 album sales up for first time since 2004 (Reuters)
Album sales up for the first time since 2004 (Entertainment Weekly)
Cue the Music: Driven by Digital, Music Sales up in 2011 (Nielsen)
US Music Sales Increased 6.9% in 2011 (The Stranger)
Nearly $42 million paid to independent artists by CD Baby in 2011! (Echoes)
APRIL 2012 Year End Stock Clearance – Yikes !
As we move swiftly towards another year end it’s time once again to shift as much stock as possible, and with the market still being a little sluggish, the fastest way to achieve this goal is to reduce our prices to the lowest level possible.
Here are a few examples.
StorDigital DJ50 AutoLoader and Epson Disc Printers, Previously £999 now reduced to £660.
MF Digital Print Station with Prism Plus thermal printer Previously £7000 now reduced to £4999.
8 Target SD Card Duplicator with Daisy Chain Option Previously £1140 now reduce to £499
We’ve also got a long list of B-Grade items that are either fctory refurbished or openbox products. These include tower duplicators of all sizes and some Print Factory printers from from MicroBoards, call us to find out more on 020 8293 0777. Or visit our April Offers pages.
Greenwich Bike Hire – Rent a bicycle in London
Experience the sights and sounds of London on 2 wheels. Greenwich Bike Hire (located at SE10 9QF) offers visitors to London the chance to rent a bicycle from the heart of historic Royal Greenwich.
The fleet of bikes includes, mountain bikes, road bikes, hyrbrid bikes and folding bikes. Rent a bike in London. Call 0208 293 0777 to make your booking.
Year End Purchases for Education, Government and NHS
It’s that time of year again, when publicly funded organisations come to the end of their financial year and have to get their accounts in order. Here at CD-writer.com we are happy to assist with end of year purchasing and invoicing requirements in order to ensure you maximise the potential of your budget allocation. So as usual be sure to contact us in good time to secure your order before the April 1st deadline.
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Disc Publisher – Keep it real with in house disc publishing
In house Disc Publishing has been around now for well over a decade, but few solutions have revolutionised an industry in the way the Primera Disc Publisher SE has. Its called the disc publisher SE in Europe but the rest of the world knows this 20 disc automated disc publisher as the Bravo SE disc publisher. The SE really cracked the mould in desktop disc publishing. What was once a technology costing thousands of pounds became available for hundreds of pounds. This level of affordability opened the doors to many individuals and small businesses who recognised the potential profitability that could be achieved via self publishing disc titles. Anyone with good content can ensure strong long term revenues by selling disc based products. A physical product, that is low in cost to produce, makes for a very viable business model. Its 2012, but in reality its not ALL about digital distribution via the net. Physical based distribution is still very much part of the digital mix, with many customer really appreciating the tactile nature of discs. Physical products really help to reinforce a concept or a brand in a way that is not so easily achieved with purely virtual products.
Of course at CD-writer.com we like physical disc based products, since thats our business. We want to sell as many disc publishers, disc and consumables as we can. Buts its not simply about shifting product for us. We have an interest in educating people about the merits of physical media..
This author doesn’t believe you have made it as a Rock, Rap or Pop star until you have cut your first disc… unless of course your intention is to be perhaps, almost, nearly a virtual a rock star.
Sure everyone can’t afford to get the kit to make their own discs.. but there is someone out there in your neighbourhood who can help you make a product that will reflect you, your business or your passion.
Wanna be a rock star? Get Real! Get Physical! Start publishing your own discs today – it’s faster, easier and cheaper than you think to make the right impression, build your fan base and make some money.
Disc Publishers can be found here.
Inspiration ….. can be found here! Keep it Real!
MF Digital Rolls Out EventCD Live Event Recorder
MF Digital Launches EventCD Live Audio Event Recorder/Duplicator
Record Live audio from any event to CD, create multiple CD copies in one simple intuitive, expandable and cost effective system.
Farmingdale, NY — February 27, 2012 — MF Digital, a long time leader in Live Event Recording announces its newest live event digital recorder and CD / DVD duplicator in-one – the 5200 Series ‘EventCD’.
The new EventCD combination recorder/duplicator system allows easy recording from virtually any mixer or other analog or digital source right to the “EventCD” hard disk and then almost instantaneous output to two and up to forty-two disc copies at once via its modular expansion approach. This powerful and easy to use system is ideally suited for the recording of church and school events, seminars, lectures, concerts, legal depositions, or any application where multiple audio recordings are instantly needed.
“Unlike the traditional CD recorders we see today, with the EventCD you can add and remove content and even include pre-recorded content like a run-out track. You can set and change your tracks markers, span longer recording across multiple discs and do so at any point and in any number. ”, according to John McGrath, US Sales manager, MF Digital. Mr. McGrath went on to say, “… and unlike virtually all CD recorders, the EventCD is also a very capable, and expandable, CD and DVD copier.”
The EventCD can record over 650 hours of uncompressed CD quality sound directly to the system’s hard drive. The user simply records the event or performance to the hard disk, sets the desired Start IDs or track points, optionally edits or sets one or more span points for longer recordings exceeding the capacity of a single CD, and then submits the job. Within three minutes of the event’s conclusion, the user will have multiple copies of the event. It’s a simple to use powerful system that can be expanded to suit any need.
Expand EventCD with the 5604 4 drive Expansion modules over Ethernet giving the ability to burn on up to 42 drives simultaneously – whether set remotely around a concert facility or campus, or located in a production facility. Add an AutoPrinter for the perfect live event production unit.
EventCD is available now priced at $749.
About MF Digital
MF Digital, headquartered in Farmingdale, NY with a UK based European office, is a division of Formats Unlimited and has been developing optical disc solutions for over a decade. The company’s extensive line of high quality manual and auto-loading duplicators, publishers, Blu-Ray products, disc ripping solutions, and USB/SD duplicators are used throughout the A/V, graphic arts and data/enterprise networking industries.
And the Oscar for best supporting duplicator goes to……… CD-writer.com
Yes we have decided it’s time to start awarding ourselves and our systems Oscars for their service to TV, Film and movie industries. Above you can see a screen shot from the excellent Prisoners Wives produced by Tiger Aspect for the BBC. This exceptional drama series featured our StorDigital duplicators and accessories in episode 3. We are really happy that we managed to contribute to the authenticity of this scene featuring an illegal CD DVD production facility.
Once again it’s the StorDigital Tower duplicators from CD-writer.com that steal the scene in the much acclaimed UK movie release, AnuvaHood.
Film and TV producers should be aware we have a large range of IT hardware available to hire for set and location dressing.
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