The Petra Zone

Hey. I want english J&H on iTunes. I need it now. I have to program music for Christmas. Somebody call the label.

I noticed that also and I called Inpop and they said it was not their decision. They would not tell me who makes those decisions. Either way it is not very good marketing.

executioner wrote:I noticed that also and I called Inpop and they said it was not their decision. They would not tell me who makes those decisions. Either way it is not very good marketing.

The business side always stinks..

I wrote to them about that about a month ago, but never got a reply. I'm guessing this is something decided by the distributor? But it really doesn't make any sense at all.

--josh

Actually, I could see a kind of twisted reasoning that could have gone on about it... from my perspective, it seems like Petra is more popular in Latin America than in the U.S. now. Maybe someone decided that they could make money selling JAH to Spanish-speakers but couldn't make any money selling it to English-speakers. I agree that it's stupid, though.

I don't see why that would even be a consideration. iTunes is global. There are more english speakers than anything else. iTunes allows the band to make more money per album, even selling it at $9.99, or $1 a song than if they sell it at the store and get $1 to $3 per disc. I don't understand, don't know their reasoning, I just don't like it.

In case people haven't looked lately, stores are continuing to stock less and less product, because this is a shrinking market. Downloads are prefered in their target audience.

There will soon be some advancements in cell phone technology revealed that will make the iPod obsolete, and songs may be downloaded wirelessly. The CD will go the way of the LP and cassette someday.

Actually the most popular first language is some form of spanish, there are multiple verisions though.

You're telling me that there are more spanish speaking countries than english? No way. Watch the UN on TV. There are translators for some, but the primary language is english. I am not saying that it is the national language for all countries, but it sells well here in the US,
Canada, Europe, Russia, etc.

More people around the globe speak some form of Spanish as their first language than any other. Are you forgeting about Portugal, Spain, and Morocco, they are first language Spanish speaking countries. English is taught as a second language through out Europe and some in Central and South America, but I am talking about spanish as a first language..

Here in Texas most school districts require a full year of Spanish language during your high school years.

The CD will go the way of the LP and cassette someday.

OH NO!!!! Say it isn't so! I still cherish my 8-track collection!!!!!


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Hahaha, I'm in the process of replacing as many of my tapes and LPs with CDs as I can, don't tell me CDs are going to go by the wayside too. It takes me forever to catch up with technology.

You can gett all the J&H downloads from walmart.com

http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catal ... ?id=417576

Yeah that's great if you have a PC. I am a Mac user.

Are you forgeting about Portugal, Spain, and Morocco, they are first language Spanish speaking countries.

Actually, Morocco's first language is Arabic, followed by French.

executioner wrote:Actually the most popular first language is some form of spanish, there are multiple verisions though.

I think that is incorrect. Here is a link that supports my thoughts:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac ... /2098.html

Also, IF Petra's label was thinking that only spanish speaking people would benefit from using the internet, that is wrong as well. English is the primary language used on the internet.

Remember, we are talking about countries with economies that allow for CD sales. So, English would win out there as well.