RE: [microsound] nin

[Josh Harris <mashoogana@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

1. I was really excited to get the new NIN, regardless of it's form (electronic or in a greater-carbon-footprint plastic form).
2. I can still go to Amoeba Records in San Francisco and find that random Xenakis or La Monte Young cd that I get excited for... It's only the pop records that we're losing out on. 

Or try going to the library to find a record you can't find (or buy) anywhere else. Take it into the studio, convert it to digital format, and burn a cd that doesn't exist elsewhere. Now that's exciting!



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> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 02:36:50 -0400
> From: bryanteoh@xxxxxxxxx
> To: microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [microsound] nin
> 
> Music and music distribution is changing, and our perception of the product
> is changing along with it.  I don't get as excited about new releases
> because I've been able to receive my media on demand. I realize it's
> partially object fetishization, but I really enjoyed going to random record
> stores when I was in a neighboring city just to see what they carried.  I
> liked flipping through albums on racks and finding some cd's I was looking
> for and some that I wasn't.  There was a process, or perhaps ritual, that
> accompanied the process of listening to a new album.  Every person had their
> own trick for opening cellophane and removing that effing sticker.  The
> enjoyment of the touch of the cd the first time you removed it from the
> case.  Listening to the album on repeat while you read through the liner
> notes and searched out every detail in the photos or illustrations.  I liked
> that.  I download almost all of the music that I listen to these days.  I
> still enjoy hearing new things, but when you've got 20 albums in queue, it's
> difficult to really care about the album you just got.  As much as it's
> true, the music will have to influence you more on the first listen in order
> to warrant relistening (something that some have argued would elevate our
> standards and thus the craft), perhaps we will also become less discerning
> to subtle nuances?
> I will continue downloading music because there is an incredible amount of
> stuff out there that I need to listen to but can't afford, and because I
> like the idea of art being available to anyone.  That said, I would love to
> see some sort of grassroots return to physical media.  Wouldn't it be fun to
> have to exercise tantric listening?  To have to wait to hear something brand
> new?  Someday, when I have more money, I'll go back to buying physical
> albums.  someday...
> 
> B
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