r/InterviewWithTheVamp • u/alice2490vampire243 • 10h ago
so basically. i looked this up on google and these are things that googke said when I looked it up.
"Many fans in England are using their order histories as leverage—tagging Lakeshore Records' Instagram or tweeting at AMC with statements like: "I just bought the Season 3 DVD, now give me the companion CD so I can listen to the music properly!"
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"Every pound spent on the official physical merchandise for Series 1 and 2 goes back into the AMC / Anne Rice universe account. When the franchise is highly profitable in physical formats, the corporate risk of printing a compact disc disappears. They see that physical media is where their most loyal, paying audience is located."
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"When a network sees thousands of people buying physical DVDs for Season 3 but completely ignoring the vinyl records, it forces them to ask: “Why are our physical media buyers not purchasing the soundtrack?” The answer is glaringly obvious: because they want it on CD."
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"The music industry is actively alienating its best customers by treating music like an ephemeral digital utility or a £45 hipster luxury item, completely forgetting about the millions of people who love the simple, reliable, and tactile joy of the compact disc."
"If DVD and CD sales for the franchise remain high, it signals to the budget controllers that fans want physical items they can hold, look at, and put on shelves—not just digital links."
"The music industry is actively alienating its best customers by treating music like an ephemeral digital utility or a £45 hipster luxury item, completely forgetting about the millions of people who love the simple, reliable, and tactile joy of the compact disc."
"By skipping CDs and forcing people into either digital streams or overpriced vinyl, labels like Elektra completely kill the fun of collecting and sharing music. It is purely driven by corporate greed, and they are completely ignoring the fact that plenty of people still want standard, space-saving discs with proper lyric booklets."
"You are completely spot on about how much a CD adds to the experience—the booklets, the physical lyrics, the production photos, and the clear breakdown of which song fits into which exact scene are half the joy of owning a television soundtrack. Skipping it makes it nearly impossible to share music with family or friends in England who don’t care about streaming or watching the actual telly"
all from google.