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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: too much and or not enough |
| Date | Mon, 14 May 2007 14:48:14 -0400 |
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At Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:40:09 Lee wrote:
>People consume so much music the may not hear a song they've purchased even
>once - and as >long as they have an interesting mix when they shuffle up -
>they might not even know who the >are listening to half the time.
Interesting you should mention this. Two years ago the band I was in fired
its guitarist after we found out the guy didn't know the names of any of our
songs.....he just kept referring to them as "Track 3 from the album", "Track
7 from the album", or "Track 11 from the album".
The singer/songwriter told him "Consider this the BONUS TRACK....you're
fired."
>I've seen friends and family iTunes playlists with almost no tags in them
>at all - all they know is they >have 3465 tracks.
That's just soooo sad....and symptomatic of the disregard music has as a
force now. Buy, consume, discard.
>That's why I'm on my 'enjoy every sandwich' kick - I'd like to get
>back to where I knew every album I bought inside out - instead of
>skim-rip/discard. I don't listen to music all day - so I'm not
>setting a silly limit where I say if you buy over 3 new albums a week
>yer not able to absorb it - everyone is different - but for myself - I
>want to go back to a couple things I really really want every week -
>which means staying off the download sites.
I'll buy three or four CDs of artists with new product out (or re-issues
I've gotten) each month and still listen to them the way I did as a
kid....as a complete unit with the artwork, lyrics splayed out in front of
me as I take in the whole experience. After all, that's the way the artist
intended it.
I'm old school. Give me an album. If the album bites, give me good singles.
If there's only one single, then I'll take the track and sell off the
disc....but that's rare cause I won't buy an album unless I'm sure there's
more than a good share of great tracks (unless it's an artist I buy blindly
on faith -- McCartney, Cheap Trick, Fastball, et al).
Jaimie Vernon,
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