and there’s more bugs, i’m sorry!

i think that major company still have an important role in music, they only have to understand how to move in digital world sooner.

When I was a kid, we recorded “the song” straight off the radio onto a cassette. Millions of kids were doing it, but there wasn’t the mass exposure of the web to document it. Why weren’t the record companies whining then? Blank cassettes were selling quite well.

Today, I use iTunes and Limewire. If I do buy a CD I immediately upload to iTunes for the convenience. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been to a bricks ‘n mortar store. I used to practically live there. I recently bought a USB turntable to turn my old vinyls into MP3′s. Every generation has it’s innovations in music. Record companies adapt or die, as it should be.

Don’t cry for record companies or artists for that matter who ignore long tail – they do so at their own peril. We as music fans have always taken care of ourselves and adopted what ever platforms suit our needs. We can thank the gods that there are folks out there who are clever enough to keep us wanting to hear more by making it easier and cheaper to get it.

Digital today – what will tomorrow be. Saty tuned.

I actually quite enjoy a lot of live indie music from a range of genres and certainly “in the moment” I would spend a dollar or two to buy the track I was listening to. I love instant gratification.

You know I’m quite proud of my music collection too, but it’s not CDs I have, it’s MP3s in folders on my computer.

You must remember though that when you say “computer files” it won’t be just that desktop box you have at home – every device you have will be digital and using computer files. In the future it will just be normal to use computer files to listen to music, watch a movie, record television, just like it recently became “normal” to use round discs for movies rather than flat tapes.

I wouldn’t say there is a huge divide between rich and poor in music anyway. There is a divide but it’s a good motivator, and really this is only a problem in places like Australia where the market is so small. Indie bands in the UK and US can make a good living and not have to compromise. New bands already sell stuff at there shows anyway, a lot of bands start there career living off merch sales.

So as far as I’m concerned mp3’s should just be about getting there sound out for free, for the fans like me who aren’t willing to pay money for every single new band that comes out. I highly doubt they’ll ever replace cd’s anyway, if anything they’ll just complement each other. People like the physicality of there music collections, personally I’m proud of my music collection. Also what will happen to limited releases?

I can’t wait until tv goes bunk…only a matter of time — go tivo go!

Yaro