Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
I gave up on I-tunes and digital when two things happened. First I bought a computer with wider storage as the music I own takes up more than a 160GB Ipod. When I tried transferring the files from one computer to the next all the files transferred were corrupted. I-tunes wouldn't restore the actual files I bought from them. Everything in the world of computers is glitchy. I still have an unwrapped 160GB Ipod and have no desire for it. Once I gave up digital I discovered how much more gratifying physical albums are. They don't dissapear unless you are careless. It's more in your control. Plus, like I said before it avoids cherry picking. I like full albums period. There are no songs bad enough to pick an album apart if the artist is good. I'm not ADHD about music anyway and can listen to a song an number of times before deciding I hate it and besides almost no 2-3 minutes of sound is so torturous that it ruins an otherwise good album. The sound is just how I want it. Better than most digital and I don't have to go all audiophile to find a better sound digitally. It is how I buy it and that's that. The ONLY benefit to downloading is digital only albums and if the artist is going to be a dick about not releasing a physical album then I'll stream or youtube for free instead. The paid digital world is only slightly better than the "Why pay for it when I can get it for free, pretend I'm doing it to stick it to the man when I'm really just selfish, entitled and cheap" group. Both are destroying music at various levels. Music is an art AND business. It needs money to thrive period.