Comments on: Bemoaning Digital Music: Get Over It http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/bemoaning-digital-music-get-over-it/ Not Blogging Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KBJr http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/bemoaning-digital-music-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-131 KBJr Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:30:37 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=4012#comment-131 And now with The Cloud looming in the not distant future, many of us may not even 'own' digital copies anymore...it will all live in the air and we'll just grab whatever we want when we want, and then back it goes after each listen. The next gen of music listeners will really have a different experience than we had coming up. There will probably be even more 'casual' listeners, I suppose. Collectors will still be around, but probably less and less. The trouble is - as it already is even in the current configuration - how do we find things we'll like when so many choices are available. Interesting quote from Dave Kusek about this coming infinite access: "Knowing what to listen to is more important than having it in your collection. That is becoming more true every day. There are lots of people currently working on this challenge. Someone is going to find a really slick way to find music that we are truly interested in, and that software will become invaluable." I think I'll stick with you guys, though. I like the balance between access and ownership of the physical items that I deem special. And now with The Cloud looming in the not distant future, many of us may not even ‘own’ digital copies anymore…it will all live in the air and we’ll just grab whatever we want when we want, and then back it goes after each listen. The next gen of music listeners will really have a different experience than we had coming up. There will probably be even more ‘casual’ listeners, I suppose. Collectors will still be around, but probably less and less.

The trouble is – as it already is even in the current configuration – how do we find things we’ll like when so many choices are available.

Interesting quote from Dave Kusek about this coming infinite access: “Knowing what to listen to is more important than having it in your collection. That is becoming more true every day. There are lots of people currently working on this challenge. Someone is going to find a really slick way to find music that we are truly interested in, and that software will become invaluable.”

I think I’ll stick with you guys, though. I like the balance between access and ownership of the physical items that I deem special.

]]> By: miles http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/bemoaning-digital-music-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-128 miles Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:53:22 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=4012#comment-128 +1 +1

]]> By: crispo http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/bemoaning-digital-music-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-127 crispo Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:49:34 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=4012#comment-127 I think what Miles is trying to say is that he swings both ways. I think what Miles is trying to say is that he swings both ways.

]]> By: miles http://maunet.com/sound-and-vision/bemoaning-digital-music-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-126 miles Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:44:07 +0000 http://maunet.com/?p=4012#comment-126 I concur and I don't. I mean, of course it's indescribably beautiful that we have access to all the things we have access to now (musical and otherwise), but it's fair to point out the ways the absorption process has changed. And it's an enormous change. Music as religion is different for today's average human than it was fifteen or twenty years ago. No, I don't prefer having to pay a lot of money for music. I don't prefer having to buy the entire record for just one song. I don't prefer having to be still enough that the record doesn't skip. But it's also true that I don't value individual songs or albums the way I once did simply because of quantity. It's changed my ability to appreciate. I just have so much shit that I can't possibly revere it all as deeply as I once did. So while I listen to almost everything in non-physical format, I still make myself listen to CDs and the occasional vinyl album sometimes just to have a different experience, and to listen to the entire album. For me it's preferable to enjoy both experiences. I concur and I don’t. I mean, of course it’s indescribably beautiful that we have access to all the things we have access to now (musical and otherwise), but it’s fair to point out the ways the absorption process has changed. And it’s an enormous change. Music as religion is different for today’s average human than it was fifteen or twenty years ago. No, I don’t prefer having to pay a lot of money for music. I don’t prefer having to buy the entire record for just one song. I don’t prefer having to be still enough that the record doesn’t skip.

But it’s also true that I don’t value individual songs or albums the way I once did simply because of quantity. It’s changed my ability to appreciate. I just have so much shit that I can’t possibly revere it all as deeply as I once did. So while I listen to almost everything in non-physical format, I still make myself listen to CDs and the occasional vinyl album sometimes just to have a different experience, and to listen to the entire album. For me it’s preferable to enjoy both experiences.

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