How frequently do you buy jeans without trying them on?
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From: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] Downloading music
quoted 41 lines On 18 Jan 2003 at 15:00, Z Moser wrote:> On 18 Jan 2003 at 15:00, Z Moser wrote:
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> > Music is the one of the only mediums you are expected to buy without
> > sampling to see if you like it first. Would you buy a book you knew
> > nothing about? How about a TV that you have never watched? Or a
> > painting you have never seen?
>
> This is an extraordinary analogy.
>
> > Would you buy a book you knew nothing about?
>
> Nobody expects you to buy music YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
> Much of the benefit of this very IDM list is to talk about the music,
> get other people's views and read reviews (or ASK). My experience
> with this list is that if I ask for opinions, I readily get lots of
> clear and lucid mails which help me form my own picture of whether I
> might or might not like the album discussed based on other people's
> descriptions.
>
> Yes, I do buy books without having READ them, which is less than one
> can do with music (where shops often have listening posts, or sound
> bytes are available on-line).
>
> A TV is an electrical appliance. You also buy a toaster without
> having seen toast been made in the shop, don't you?
>
> Maybe you buy music because people you trust have told you it's good,
> much like you'd buy a book because of a favourable review. Or you've
> liked the artist's previous work.
>
> I don't really get your point.
>
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