Ian Boddy talks about "Time" in Music (EMP # 2)

Well yes, YOU pay the premium already by downloading a larger file. On top of that it costs you more in the first place. A double whammy.
And also, if you buy a physical product it should be a given that you get the download straight away if you want it (many don't) so that avoids you waiting for delivery.
The world is only just getting used to selling "data" in reality.
So I don't see why we should pay more for FLAC than MP3.
And I don't need to start anything up because others are doing exactly this.
That was my point. I hate the argument that this is EM and things are different here. Why? Because it's uncommercial? The best way to keep it uncommercial is to NOT lower prices if possible and offer the best deal for customers.
My next release will cost half what my last one did. I have to if I want to grow as an artist or at the very least keep my "customers" happy and keep their support.
It's doesn't make it exclusive just because it costs more. It just makes it less attractive for many
And this is in no way a negative towards musiczeit. Just my thoughts in general, but I do wish FLAC cost the same as MP3

Half price won't double sales of my next project. It might keep figures where they are! I'm a realist in that respect. It's not income from that that I want. I want a fan base who will check out what I do, spread the word, see my music used in film and TV and allow me to keep doing what I do.
The actual money generated from sales is a small part of any income from music in my world.
And yes, MP3 is not a format that should be sold for the same price as a CD or a FLAC, but this shouldn't mean FLAC's cost more. It should mean MP3's cost less. Perhaps use the example below of apple apps. Maybe €2 and then if people want to upgrade to the "pro" or FLAC quality, they pay an extra 7 euros. I don't know. These aren't plans, just discussions, but quality should be taken as a given not a luxury.
Put another way, if FLAC's were the same price, perhaps people would look for ways of listening to them and then our music would be heard in top quality by all. Allowing a lossy format out there means people don't experience it in it's original quality. Something I doubt many artists (especially EM where it isn't pop and sonics are a strong element of the music) are not happy with.
So if anything, I am suggesting perhaps to just sell FLAC and explain why whilst offering all the tools for customers to deal with them.

I guess it (MP3 vs FLAC) seems like going for a service at your garage and the guy saying "I can service the car well or for a bit less, I can do most things but it may not run quite as well"
Don't offer the cheaper service. That is good for pop music and x-factor winners or major labels selling music that was originally released 30 years ago and they are just making money for nothing.

A totally different thing but look at iphone apps. Great apps cost a couple of euros or dollars (99 cents sometimes or free), so people buy them. If they were 10 euros, hardly anyone would (a few do and sell well, but they are exceptionally good)
Alas people have limited budgets and many things to spend them on these days.

So, no argument, just comments. I would love to sell 10,000 of every release, but I won't. I can however readjust my production costs and sell products for less and less and pass that saving on. FLAC or MP3 to me is not a storage thing. If you have 100 albums on site (which is a lot for any small label) for sale, you need how much hard drive space? 50 gig? With major backups and multiple systems, perhaps ou need a few drives. You pay more for delivering larger data perhaps but it's all peanuts compared to storing CD's, ordering, keeping an eye on stock, sending CD's out, dealing with lost CD's, breakages etc etc.

Just thinking out loud!

to improve MZ,

they need to accept payments by Paypal.

I would buy some albums if they did

Just to clarify. We don't store credit card details on MusicZeit, indeed we never see them. I suspect your statement refers to your details being stored/cached locally in your browser.

I myself use Paypal, and understand why people like it. But there are countless people I know who make a point of never, ever, going near Paypal. Indeed there are whole sites dedicated to why, and associated bad experiences...

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

That said, it remains a regular topic of discussion between the MZ directors.