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SatelliteOrders · March 28th, 2008, 08:41 AM

My albums didn't survive the last major move. Considering I didn't have a functioning turntable for the eight years before that, it's a wonder I didn't clean that stack out long before. There's still music there that I miss.

My cassettes, except for a select few, didn't survive the last major move, either. I gave 'em up in bulk, in part because I didn't have a working tape player. I've listened to some of my cassettes that I saved in the years since, and it's clear to me that the cassettes really didn't survive 20 years of repeated listening.

Until recently, my general usage for CDs would be to buy them, rip them, burn the music to CD when I had enough, and shelve them. My car even plays MP3 CD-Rs. Recently, I've been pulling down specific CDs for commute because it's easier for me to say "I'm on a big James Burton kick and these 3 CDs have lots of twang!" than it is to remember which CD-Rs have my Burton licks.

I've downloaded for free many cool things. I haven't bought MP3s yet. For one thing, I'm generally a Linux guy, so iTunes freezes me out there. The last CD I bought was Fidl, all about Klezmer fiddle, and I wanted the liners as much as the music.

I get the argument about non-digital music sounding better. I just don't have, and can't imagine affording in the near future, enough hardware to make it a worthwhile purchase. And for me, the ability to have on one disc the complete post-Sweetheart Byrds so I can flow randomly through Clarence White's music, or to hit "Flashlight" by P-Funk right after "Birdland" by Weather Report and finding it makes an all-time great segue, far outweighs the higher sound quality that analog affords.

What I kinda miss is the mixtape. Sending people playlists isn't the same, because you're not bound by limitations. I have a friend who'd make college rock (back when it was called that) mixes, and put classic rock in the last gap before the tape ends, just to annoy people. "It's been a long time since I rocked and ro-" You can't really do that with an M3U.

March 28th, 2008, 08:41 AM	#24 (permalink)
SatelliteOrders Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN Age: 38 Posts: 253	My albums didn't survive the last major move. Considering I didn't have a functioning turntable for the eight years before that, it's a wonder I didn't clean that stack out long before. There's still music there that I miss. My cassettes, except for a select few, didn't survive the last major move, either. I gave 'em up in bulk, in part because I didn't have a working tape player. I've listened to some of my cassettes that I saved in the years since, and it's clear to me that the cassettes really didn't survive 20 years of repeated listening. Until recently, my general usage for CDs would be to buy them, rip them, burn the music to CD when I had enough, and shelve them. My car even plays MP3 CD-Rs. Recently, I've been pulling down specific CDs for commute because it's easier for me to say "I'm on a big James Burton kick and these 3 CDs have lots of twang!" than it is to remember which CD-Rs have my Burton licks. I've downloaded for free many cool things. I haven't bought MP3s yet. For one thing, I'm generally a Linux guy, so iTunes freezes me out there. The last CD I bought was Fidl, all about Klezmer fiddle, and I wanted the liners as much as the music. I get the argument about non-digital music sounding better. I just don't have, and can't imagine affording in the near future, enough hardware to make it a worthwhile purchase. And for me, the ability to have on one disc the complete post-Sweetheart Byrds so I can flow randomly through Clarence White's music, or to hit "Flashlight" by P-Funk right after "Birdland" by Weather Report and finding it makes an all-time great segue, far outweighs the higher sound quality that analog affords. What I kinda miss is the mixtape. Sending people playlists isn't the same, because you're not bound by limitations. I have a friend who'd make college rock (back when it was called that) mixes, and put classic rock in the last gap before the tape ends, just to annoy people. "It's been a long time since I rocked and ro-" You can't really do that with an M3U. __________________ Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.