...Owning music on a physical format makes music an onslaught of 4 senses as opposed to just 1. And hey, maybe some of y'all freaks taste your music too. ...

he said...


"umm well... didn't you know music is free now?


That's like giving me air to breathe"




/

Moonbeam said:

People, as a whole, are growing out of touch with touch and smell. Look at most of us here, we yap almost daily but how many of us can say we've physically touched the other?
...or smelled?

Hmmm...maybe virtual isn't such a bad thing, afterall.

That's messed up Cee. Your brother is basically stealing money from all the artists he likes.

CinisterCee said:

That's messed up Cee. Your brother is basically stealing money from all the artists he likes.

I like to say "BRB" and "BBL"

ThePunisher said:

In his brother's defense, music is everywhere and it's free. Not just illegal free, but honest free. It's also the intangible thing. Making it physical is creating another obstacle between it and the mp3 player. Many don't or soon won't think of it as stealing.

Music is becoming another animal. Artists will soon have to find more creative ways of getting their music out there.

he said...


"umm well... didn't you know music is free now?


That's like giving me air to breathe"

anon said:

Totally. Napster was thriving when he was TEN.

CinisterCee said:

Ok, I'm sorta-kinda guilty of saying "lol" ...

I still buy music on disc/vinyl because for one, it makes me feel like I actually own it as opposed to mp3s

he said...


"umm well... didn't you know music is free now?


That's like giving me air to breathe"




/

I just hope that when I'm an old man I'm not forced to download songs because CD's (or whatever other technology they come up with) aren't selling anymore. But by then there would probably be nothing decent to buy anyway. Except for the Michael Jackson - The Complete Unreleased Recordings (40 disc box set)

WildStyle said:

Are you kidding? CD's will not even exist much longer!

This is one of the saddest things I have ever read. I still buy all my music on disc/vinyl because for one, it makes me feel like I actually own it as opposed to mp3s which can be wiped out with one unexpected power surge leaving me with nothing. And secondly, music wasn't made to be condensed into crappy sounding digital files. The only times I do download music are when iTunes has those exclusive EPs by artists I like.

...there's nothing in my opinion
like having a collection of actual CDs and vinyls.....it's an act of actually
caressing the music that you so love...maybe I'm "old-school", but it'll be a
long time before I give up that pleasure...

evenstar3 said:

You don't have to.

But it is infinitely more rewarding to be able to smell that crispness of a new CD, to take in the perfect gloss of the CD book, to feel the difficulty of first popping the CD out and hoping that it will eventually become easy because the disc will be played a lot. Plus, it's great to be able to study liner notes and see the art. Owning music on a physical format makes music an onslaught of 4 senses as opposed to just 1. And hey, maybe some of y'all freaks taste your music too.

Of course, vinyl takes all of this to another level, but the point remains the same.

I think everyone's criteria for listening to music is different. Fidelity obviously isn't high on the list for most people when they weigh in the benefit of "portability".

And I know I used to listen to cassette dubs. But having an mp3 collection is alot like having a bunch of dubbed cassettes to me.

ThePunisher said:

He said he was just joking. I think he's just not a big music listener (well obviously) and was looking for a different present.

Moonbeam said:

People, as a whole, are growing out of touch with touch and smell. Look at most of us here, we yap almost daily but how many of us can say we've physically touched the other?
...or smelled?

I'm glad people are getting it for free. I hope all these current artists eventually go broke and I hope all these record labels and major corporations are hit hard by all the free downloading. It may be the only way we will ever see a style change.