A new discovery
Cool! If I breathe on my desk it fogs up!
My desk is made of wood by the way.
I like traditional Andean music. I sure do! I only wish I knew where to start. That's the problem with world music in general- you never know what you're gonna get. It's not a problem when you have a box of chocolates- there you have a reasonably good chance of getting something you like, and besides, it's chocolate. But when I want some pan flute music from the Andes, or some hoppin' African drums, I just don't know where to turn! In many record stores you can now sample music with a nifty scanner system, which is quite convenient- except the CD catalog these systems use doesn't cover the entire inventory of a store. This is quite unfortunate, especially when you're getting something more obscure.
It helps to know what one wants ahead of time, a fact which is painfully apparent whenever I enter a bookstore. Unfortunately, when it comes to things such as Andean folk music, which is quite beyond my field of expertise, I fear ideas and resources are few.
Oh well. That's why I sample. And one reason why I prefer downloading my music.
There's been quite a bit of debate over 'illegal' downloading. Well when you're going to download music, it's fairly pointless to pay. I suppose it saves a few consciences to do so, but is it really stealing? Just because someone puts a price on a product doesn't mean you have to buy it from them. One can buy a bottle of water from Coca-Cola, or get it free from the river. Central to this question is the concept of intellectual property. It's a modern concept, to be sure, and perhaps a flawed one.
(Well, screw this paragraph, I don't really want to get into a discussion of intellectual property right now.)
...MONKEYS!
My desk is made of wood by the way.
I like traditional Andean music. I sure do! I only wish I knew where to start. That's the problem with world music in general- you never know what you're gonna get. It's not a problem when you have a box of chocolates- there you have a reasonably good chance of getting something you like, and besides, it's chocolate. But when I want some pan flute music from the Andes, or some hoppin' African drums, I just don't know where to turn! In many record stores you can now sample music with a nifty scanner system, which is quite convenient- except the CD catalog these systems use doesn't cover the entire inventory of a store. This is quite unfortunate, especially when you're getting something more obscure.
It helps to know what one wants ahead of time, a fact which is painfully apparent whenever I enter a bookstore. Unfortunately, when it comes to things such as Andean folk music, which is quite beyond my field of expertise, I fear ideas and resources are few.
Oh well. That's why I sample. And one reason why I prefer downloading my music.
There's been quite a bit of debate over 'illegal' downloading. Well when you're going to download music, it's fairly pointless to pay. I suppose it saves a few consciences to do so, but is it really stealing? Just because someone puts a price on a product doesn't mean you have to buy it from them. One can buy a bottle of water from Coca-Cola, or get it free from the river. Central to this question is the concept of intellectual property. It's a modern concept, to be sure, and perhaps a flawed one.
(Well, screw this paragraph, I don't really want to get into a discussion of intellectual property right now.)
...MONKEYS!