I'm on the other end of the spectrum- I have absolutely no use for the physical media. I love having a huge library- video, audio, and print- that I can take with me or access remotely. The experience is seamless if I'm using an iPod, iPhone, at a PC, in my car, or via the home entertainment center.
On Aug 6, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > case in point: http://www.artistdirect.com/video/finntroll-trollhammaren/46368 > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 12:54:08 PM UTC-4, Luke Jaconetti wrote: > Great find Cary! > > I'm still stuck in last century; I don't use iTunes, Pandora, or Spotify. I > still buy CDs for the bands I support. Part of that is because I like having > the physical product, with album art and inserts and all that. Being a heavy > metal fan, that is part of the metal scene, and always has been. I wouldn't > trade my Megadeth CDs for a digital-only discography because I would lose all > of that ephemera of the metal experience. > > The other part of that is that I enjoy listening to albums and not singles as > a general rule. And yes, I know I can get the whole album off iTunes but see > point #1. > > The crazy part about this is as the industry gets more and more cutthroat and > harder for the artists to make money, from a consumption standpoint we're in > something of a Golden Age. If there's a kind of music you want to hear, you > can find it, listen to it, and purchase it, in whatever form you like. So > when you really want some Finnish Trad Folk Troll Metal for your D&D game, so > help me Hashut if you're not rocking "Trollhammeren" by Finntroll in 5 > minutes. > > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 11:13:35 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > http://pandodaily.com/2013/08/05/who-killed-the-music-industry-an-interactive-explainer/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
