Do you still buy CD's or just download ? - Tiki Music

K Kawentzmann Member Berlin, Germany Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 254	K Kawentzmann Posted posted on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 9:43 AM What’s so interesting to see, is what will survive, in terms of the content. From the days of Edison (or Emil Berliner) we still know some music, even though nobody listens to wax cylinders anymore. The top tunes are being transferred, one way or another, format-change after format-change. It’s in the minds of the audience how much of our loved sounds will be heard in the future. The good, memorable ones. Sure there are oddball curiosities available for free, but if you never listen to them, you will one day find they clutter up your shelves, iPod or computer - nothing more. Free giveaways make music look cheaper than it really is - so that marketing tool is two sided in the long-run. Before records and sheet-music, all music had to be memorized. Some chants might be a couple of hundred years old. My guess is, this is the best way of “storing” music. It has to be memorable on it’s own strength. Not by hearing it a lot, like top-40 radio or oldies stations, that’s forced memory - who wants that? If I knew a drummer who can whistle an original tune, I might still have a band! KK

What’s so interesting to see, is what will survive, in terms of the content. From the days of Edison (or Emil Berliner) we still know some music, even though nobody listens to wax cylinders anymore. The top tunes are being transferred, one way or another, format-change after format-change.
It’s in the minds of the audience how much of our loved sounds will be heard in the future. The good, memorable ones. Sure there are oddball curiosities available for free, but if you never listen to them, you will one day find they clutter up your shelves, iPod or computer - nothing more. Free giveaways make music look cheaper than it really is - so that marketing tool is two sided in the long-run.
Before records and sheet-music, all music had to be memorized. Some chants might be a couple of hundred years old. My guess is, this is the best way of “storing” music. It has to be memorable on it’s own strength. Not by hearing it a lot, like top-40 radio or oldies stations, that’s forced memory - who wants that?
If I knew a drummer who can whistle an original tune, I might still have a band!

Post #285308 by Kawentzmann on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 9:43 AM