Thought this might be interesting to some of you…I’m enjoying a lot of this, some of it is rank crap. Discovering the difference is a great adventure….
- Nickel Creek – Why Should the Fire Die (purch. 29/09/2005)
- Sarah McLachlan – Bloom: Remix Album (purch. 29/09/2005)
- Death Cab for Cutie – Plans (purch. 29/09/2005)
- Paul Wall – The Peoples Champ (purch. 02/10/2005)
- Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better (purch. 05/10/2005)
- Jimmy Eat World – Stay On My Side Tonight (purch. 08/10/2005)
- Supergrass – Road to Rouen (purch. 08/10/2005)
- Elbow – Leaders of the Free World (purch. 08/10/2005)
- Metric – Live it Out (purch. 08/10/2005)
- Ian Brown – The Greatest (purch. 08/10/2005)
- My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (purch. 08/10/2005)
- Neil Young – Prairie Wind (purch. 16/10/2005)
- Gwen Stefani – Love.Angel.Music.Baby. (16/10/2005)
I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the fact that I’m buying all of this music online through allofmp3.com – I figure that since its legal for them to provide this stuff under Russian law, and its legal for me to download it under Canadian law (at least for now), then I’d be stupid not to take advantage of a very comfortable arrangement. Beats the hell out of scouring WinMX to see what suits my fancy as much as it beats buying CD’s from Futureshop that refuse to play in my truck.
Now of course, my new pandora subscription will probably accelerate the number of purchases I make – when will the media industry realize that making it easier for me to enjoy the music on my terms makes more money for them?
I paid no more than $3 CAD for each of these albums – that’s $30+ in the last month alone. I bet the recording industry would be thrilled if they could get $30 per month from every single one of their customers…open up the catalogs, make it easy for me to explore and interact with and I’ll happily pay a handsome sum. All I ask is that I get to listen to my purchases on my terms – not yours (and yes, that sometimes means some minor copyright infringement like me burning a CD of your tunes and giving it to a friend…)
Sometimes I think all of this would be easier if we removed the burden of enforcement from intellectual property holders. Make it a matter for the state to deal with, and voila – you have an instant prioritization process that assists in lining up the incentives for everyone slightly nicer…
Enough for me – I’ve got to go to the market to buy some cheese and pine nuts and turn the 15 extra-large ziploc bags of basil I have in the fridge into pesto…
Now Playing – “Slide Away – featuring Bono”, Michael Hutchence. 1999.
