DG now @ GrammyAmplifier.com - #TheWorldIsListening

You can hear the new virtual orchestra recording of my Elegy for string orchestra at GrammyAmplifier.com, part of The Recording Academy's #TheWorldIsListening project......please "amplify" the link on your Facebook page, Twitter feed, Tumblr blog, Google+ page, or other website. This recording, by the way, will be a bonus track included at the end of the newly remastered version of my orchestral CD, The Music Of David Gaines, originally issued by MMC Recordings in 2001 and to be released on my own Verda Stelo Music label in 2013. Stay tuned, and repost widely. Thanks much......Happy New Year.  :)

The explosion in classical music digital downloading

Here's a fascinating article from the Wall Street Journal that focuses on one man's new enterprise but also surveys the general scene regarding availability of classical music on the internet versus compact disc purchasing (which is declining precipitously, as you're no doubt already aware). Once the availability of lossless audio the specs for which are indistinguishable from compact discs (or, eventually, SACD and DVD-Audio) becomes commonplace in the downloading environment, look for CDs to become audiophile/fanatic-only items, as SACD and DVD-Audio always have been.