i know this thread is getting a mite tedious as it is nothing but "your
ethics versus mine" but i'll try and pull an ernie by summing some
things up *not valleygirl style though =)*
since i possess a cable modem, it's only natural that i have the ability
to download mp3's in mass amounts. that i do. i will not lie. i
download them and burn them. the only difference is that if it's
actually good, no matter how rare it is, i'll try and find it. in the
past month, i've spent over a grand building up my IDM collection and
it's much more satisfying than mp3's. i only see mp3's as a sort of
"practical sampler" where you can actually download and burn the album
to see if it will fit the test of time. i download chemical brother's
"surrender" (cuz i had nothing else to download) and saw that it was
only good for one listen. i saved myself more money to buy another album
from an artist i genuinely enjoy than someone technopop band who doesn't
even care. i realize that it is probably not the case with most people
but whatever money i have goes to buying records of stuff i hear. i
have tried to sway from that unlearned guess thing at a shop (I know
everyone's experienced this before) i remember i stumbled upon autechre
2 years ago on a guess when i picked up tri repetae on cd. but anyway,
(crux of my speech?) i think mp3s can be seen as an accelerator in the
quality of music if the musicians know that people, such as myself, will
be evaluating their work before they purchase. i invite anyone to call
me ethically challenged if they disagree with what i just said. i also
think it is ethically challenged if jenkinson made me pay $25 for
selection 16 considering the quality of it. it's a two way street. 25
dollars takes 4 and a half hours of YOUR labour to earn.
whatever, i hope that sheds some light.
ranting transmission complete
shaun
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The only certainty is that there is nothing certain
Pliny the Elder (c.23-79)