A maxi CD is a CD that has only one single and a few remixes of the single.

e.g: Let's say the single is Cosmic Gate-Fire Wire. Now on that Cd is going to be the single from fire wire, but also remixes from Fire Wire.

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i work at KB toy outlet... 16 hours a week... i survive... i'm not special because i make music... i don't want money for it... maybe i'm just one of the few 'artists' who feel that music as expression shouldn't be bought... sold... whatever... i don't want money for me expressing feelings through music... it's just something i do... it's something i do with all of my spare time... and it's helping. i don't think that i should be paid for helping myself with my own issues...

as for mp3's sounding like shit... yah... i agree... i'd take vinyl over an mp3 any fuck'n day...

and i'm sorry... you are right... and i'm just... pissed off... reading what my (pretty much) idol wrote, saying that he was going to deny his fans music... and make them pay more for less music so that he could make more money... just pissed me off... there's also his asking his fans what he should do with his music... trying to get ideas... so that we will be more inclined to buy it... if it's your music... make it yours... don't fucking make shit because people will think it's cool... and you think you can make more money...

and the %5 thing... i know... that's another reason i HATE record companys... although it is cheaper to have a record contract... so you don't have to get all yer tunes pressed to vinyl so you can mix em at sum fuck'n club... fine... yah... blah blah blah...

i dunno...

the music industry is suffering... it has for a while...

and almost every genre of music is ripping off the past... getting the puff daddy seal of aproval... but when a good producer... rips off a shitty producers synth line... calls it theirs... it's fucked up... i dunno... stupid brain... stupid drugs... i'm fucked up... i'm wrong... fuck it

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Fractured - Between The Lines
Headscan - Lolife
Aesthetic Perfection - Pale
Fractured - Try To Forget
Antichristus - James Addiction (Remix)
Distimia - Vile
Re-Agent - Brain Death (Fractured Remix)
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Symbiosis Denied
Lastboss - Parralax Scrolling
Grendel - Judged Ones (Fractured Remix)

Are these CD's specially formatted to hold significantly less than 80 mins? In other words, are these regular CDs (it's just that a lot of space is wasted on them), or some special ones?

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Originally posted by dj_unsorted quality trance is released all the time without record companys... mp3.com soundclick.com and the hundreds of other mp3 services...

Yes and without record companies the records don't get pressed on vinyl - stop talking out your arse.

And dont say that the person can get them pressed himself - because unless they order many many its gonna cause silly money per vinyl - and how they gonna flog them without a record company to distrubute them to record stores.

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thats shit, sorry.


i never said my definition was the industry definition. i don't know what the industry definition is because i've never seen it.

until someone can provide concrete proof, i'll keep using my own personal preference.

note: by industry definition, i mean something that all labels agreed upon, not just what some labels decided to use.


Example, theres 2 cds on the armind label for sound of goodbye. the single contains 2 edits and the maxi contains all the original mixes.

just curious, does one say "cd single" and the other "cd maxi"?


question:
depeche mode - enjoy the silence (third CD)
it is one track that is 15 minutes. single or maxi by your definiton?





Are these CD's specially formatted to hold significantly less than 80 mins? In other words, are these regular CDs (it's just that a lot of space is wasted on them), or some special ones?

it's just a lot of wasted space. you can just look at the read side to see how much space is actually used.

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Originally posted by dj_unsorted quality trance is released all the time without record companys... mp3.com soundclick.com and the hundreds of other mp3 services... i'm not saying that you shouldn't be payed for it... if ya wanna make money... fine... but money's evil... it destroys lives... familys... citys... countrys...

mp3's are crap... i hate mixing with CD's... why would i want to distribute my music solely as mp3..? yes, i do distribute my music as mp3 for promotional purposes (see my sig) but thats all it is.. a promotion tool. what i want for my music is for it to be played in the clubs as that is what our music is actually for... and its very hard to get it played in the clubs if its not on a 12" bit of plastic with grooves in it. and its pretty un-feasable for me to get 1000 copies of my tune on vinyl as it costs a bomb, and of course.. im doing it all for free

im not saying i want to be mega rich from my music, all i wanna do with my life is produce and DJ.. so long as im comfortable i dont care how much i make.

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i make music... i mix... but everything i give to people is free... music should be shared... not bought n sold like drugs... if someone doesn't have the $20 to buy your cd... does that mean that they shouldn't be able to experience something they very well might love... because they're broke... or because they have to choose each month between food and heat... it's rediculous... the internet has made it possible for you to get your shit out AROUND THE WORLD. if your too lazy to promote it... or just don't fucking care if anyone hears it... fine... post it... leave it... but the idea of making hundreds, thousands, millions of dollars off of your music is what is ruining music... people make what they think will sell... who cares if it's cool... just make what you wanna fucking make... if people like it... fine... if they don't... fine... THAT is what is ruining music... people makeing what they think will sell... i've always thought of electronic music as kind of special... because it can convay feelings without words... you can make a song to get something out and share it with someone who doesn't speak your fucking language... and they can understand your feelings... before it was 'cool' to be a little fucking raver people could do this... then it started to get more known... people got into djing... got into production... and now it's all going to hell... people are ripping off other patterns... ripping off synth lines... bass lines... they arn't making the music with any feeling anymore... now it's just... 'oh this'll be cool... i'll make money' fuck that...

its not that person that can't afford my CD that im bothered about... its the DJ's buying my records which ACTUALLY matters to me. you see my point is.. if a DJ buys my record, then he will possibly play it to 1000+ people, maybe another DJ is there, he asks the bloke whos playing what this tune is.. he then goes out and buys it and plays it to 1000+ other people.. u get my drift? 1 person buying it means 1000+ hearing it..

its the older generation of producers who are ruining the industry for the younger... this is currently being fixed. go look in the amateur production forum.



p.s. to the thread starter - my apologies for the threadjacking...

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Last edited by tu_face on Feb-25-2003 at 10:40

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Originally posted by Eugene Are these CD's specially formatted to hold significantly less than 80 mins? In other words, are these regular CDs (it's just that a lot of space is wasted on them), or some special ones?

Actually they are regular discs and indeed a lot of space is wasted, but then again a disc costs only about 50 cent (Euro or Dollar whatever lol ), so it doesn't really matter in the end how much the put on it for a record company.
CDM's are disappearing in Belgium aswell. CDM's are becoming extinct .
And I won't buy a single with a "Radio Edit" and a "Radio Edit + 5 sec Mix"

grr, someone got me off on a tangent.

what i originally said:
"maxi CD is basically the equivalent of a 12inch single"
this i stand by although there probably is no official definition for maxi CD. what is meant is: take the contents of what would normally be on a 12inch single and dump that onto a CD.


"personally, i don't differentiate a CD single from a CD maxi. i just call them all CD5s (for 5 inch CD single). the term "maxi" was given to denote a 12" single as opposed to a 7" single, so to me, all CD singles of today are maxis since they are 5" and not 3"."

... meaning i don't use the term "cd single" or "cd maxi". i just call them CD3 or CD5. i never called the vinyl version "maxi singles" either ... always "12inch singles".