Has our enjoyment of music diminished because of availability

draiochtanois · 12-09-2014 02:14PM

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Son Of A Vidic · 12-09-2014 02:24PM

anncoates wrote: »

But the memories of cherishing vinyl, the sheer effort of hunting it down, swapping and taping stuff and the reverence you had for a physical music collection is something I'll always remember.

I hear ya. My physical music collection became an altar that my peers would worship at. Going into a record store and searching for your latest gem was fun. Wanting the radio DJ to keep his mouth shut as you taped a track you coveted. Today, digital music and the convenience it brings at a finger tip, has removed all the fun for me.

The Purveyor of Truth · 12-09-2014 02:28PM

Reindeer wrote: »

I don't know about the enjoyment. But the quality of it seems more questionable.

pickarooney wrote: »

I still get the wow factor regularly enough but it lasts a lot shorter before I find something else.

Will I Amnt wrote: »

It's quite the opposite really. Instead of finding these little golden nuggets once in a blue moon I'm finding them all the time.

Why bring porn into the discussion lads?

anncoates · 12-09-2014 02:41PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

cherishing vinyl is a plastic fetish & it's got nothing to do with music

unless you are listening to it on a gramaphone there is going to be an analog to digital conversion at some point so vinyl isn't intrinsically better

Didn't say it was. I was just talking about the main physical music media of that time

eviltimeban · 12-09-2014 02:53PM

The event around it has diminished for me. I enjoy being able to find what I want easily enough; some rare 70s prog or early 90s ambient albums, there they are, in full, on YouTube. Great.

But the event - waiting for the date an album was released, building it up in your mind, going into HMV that morning, setting aside an afternoon or evening to listen to it... that's sort of gone now.

Now, when there's an album coming out, I sort of have to force myself not to look it up or try and download it, but wait for the physical release and go in and buy it. Its more exciting, makes you value it more, and creates a little event for you to enjoy.

blue note · 13-09-2014 08:49PM

I wonder was there ever a time when people said recorded music is ruining our enjoyment of music? As in, people are listening to it at home and getting crap quality music.

SuperGrover · 13-09-2014 08:52PM

I have Spotify premium and have never listened to so much music across so many genres. Also catching up with dozens of classic albums that I never got around to owning in the past. Great stuff.

Has our enjoyment of music diminished because of availability

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