I'm in a strange place where my buying and my collecting are concerned.

Like Stewart, I've been relying more and more on my computer as my jukebox. 
In this case streaming audio from various Live365 stations, Iceberg Radio, 
etc. A diversity of old vs. new material so I'm not a total Luddite when it 
comes to talking to my 12 year daughter about My Chemical Romance or Panic 
At The Disco.

I still buy CDs when it's an artist I've been anticipating a new release 
from (Elton's "Captain & The Kid" f'rinstance). I can honestly say that 
except for Green Day's "American Idiot" I don't think I've bought "new" 
music in 5 years. Not to say I don't have a lot of new music, but a LOT of 
it is sent to from other friends at other labels showing off their wares.

That's for my international tastes. As a collector, I'm still taking in 
hundreds of pieces of VINYL a year to add to my exclusively all Canadian 
music collection; I have less than 100 albums from a vast collection of 
music I acquired beginning in my teens but because nearly ALL of it is 
available on CD I've culled the vinyl itself.

Some of my collection of 4000 Canadian records is to satisfy my completist 
geekdom and some of it is because, in many respects, it dovetails with the 
job I do as an archivist/re-issues label and writer of the Canadian Music 
Encyclopedia. Believe me....if 90% of these albums were on CD, I'd sell of 
this vinyl too...and continue listening online.

What percentage of my collection will I actually listen to in the next 5 
years? Probably 30%. The remainder is collecting dust and waiting to be 
catalogued for strictly achedemic reasons.

Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com

SWAG:
http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada
BULLSEYE LIVE 365 RADIO:
http://www.live365.com/stations/bullseyerecords

Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/

http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz

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