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I've discovered a lot of great music this way too.. mostly back in napster days however that said I buy hard copies of of music for the bands I like. I've lost whole digital libraries before. The only thing I don't have hard copies of is really rare stuff where there isn't such a thing available etc.
But I'm also at the point where I won't buy CD's any longer. It's vinyl or nothing and that is a tad limiting for some bands that don't have the opportunities to do vinyl I realize.
But I'm also at the point where I won't buy CD's any longer. It's vinyl or nothing and that is a tad limiting for some bands that don't have the opportunities to do vinyl I realize.
FernieCanto wrote:I'm a fan of vinyl and I really wish I could have my record player and my tiny little collection with me in the matchbox apartment I live in now, but I was lucky enough to experience a minor "vinyl revival" a couple of years ago. But the inherent qualities of MP3 and digital music fascinates me. Digital music allows us to come with the terms with a fact that has been true since always, but that has been obscured by the recording media so far: music is energy. Music is not an object, not a body, not a physical thing. Music is nothing but vibration. And digital music translates that very well: music is electrons flowing, being transformed into air waves. The elusive, immaterial quality of music now is a reality, and I love that.
The fact that people now can't have fond memories of holding a record in their hands, of buying it at the store, is merely a paradigm shift. I can live with that. I remember downloading some albums that changed my life, I remember listening to them for the first time. I have memories, I have fond connections to music. Now, they're not physical objects anymore; they're pure energy.
I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.
Conversely, if the amp is on but the turntable off, and you spin the record manually, you will hear it through the amplifier, which is as awesome as it gets. Doesn't stop music from being energy, though - kinetic rather than electrical, but yeah. Anyway to me there is something very physical about converting 1s and 0s to voltage, though!ChipSuey wrote:FernieCanto wrote:I'm a fan of vinyl and I really wish I could have my record player and my tiny little collection with me in the matchbox apartment I live in now, but I was lucky enough to experience a minor "vinyl revival" a couple of years ago. But the inherent qualities of MP3 and digital music fascinates me. Digital music allows us to come with the terms with a fact that has been true since always, but that has been obscured by the recording media so far: music is energy. Music is not an object, not a body, not a physical thing. Music is nothing but vibration. And digital music translates that very well: music is electrons flowing, being transformed into air waves. The elusive, immaterial quality of music now is a reality, and I love that.
The fact that people now can't have fond memories of holding a record in their hands, of buying it at the store, is merely a paradigm shift. I can live with that. I remember downloading some albums that changed my life, I remember listening to them for the first time. I have memories, I have fond connections to music. Now, they're not physical objects anymore; they're pure energy.
I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.
This never fails to amaze me. Have you ever seen those people who are experts at record pressing who can "read" the music just by touching the grooves with their fingers? That's so awesome.ChipSuey wrote: I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
rainier wrote:This never fails to amaze me. Have you ever seen those people who are experts at record pressing who can "read" the music just by touching the grooves with their fingers? That's so awesome.ChipSuey wrote: I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.
This guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lintgen
"When given an Alice Cooper recording as a control, he said it looked "disorganized" and "[like] gibberish". Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most common record he is asked to identify; on one occasion he identified the record on a guess without even glancing at it."
Wait, what?
