Has this happened to you?

[nobodobodon]

So, this morning, like most mornings, I get in the car and plug in my iPod. I've had it for a few years. It's a "classic" series iPod, back when they made them with sufficient storage space. Mine holds 120G and is nearly full. I've got 15,937 tracks on it. Many of those, maybe as many as half, are things I'm "hoarding" - stuff I got for free

Comments

[rhobike]

If I had an iPod or a car, something like that might happen to me. Um, I'm going to a Tuvan throat singing concert next Tuesday, does that count?

[nobodobodon]

Awesome! Which Tuvan group? Alash comes to Austin from time to time, they rock my socks.

[rhobike]

yes Alash.

[nobodobodon]

Those guys are great live.

The CDs are good, too, but the engineering leaves a bit to be desired. Too much added reverb. In particular, there's a few places where they completely stop playing and singing, and then jump back in again a beat or two later. In person, it's very dramatic, but because of the reverb on the recorded version, it doesn't really have the same impact.

A friend of a friend of mine here in Austin knows those guys and travels to Tuva from time to time. He said he'd be there for several months this summer. (Found him...)

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/anthropology/faculty/cc39884

[rhobike]

Alash was great! On your advice, I refrained from buying a CD. I hardly ever listen to CDs lately anyway. I found out that Alash had been playing the U. annually for seven years and I only just now found out about it. Even in the Internet age, it's possible to be unaware of something.

[nobodobodon]

I'm glad you liked them!

I would recommend the CD, just not as much as the live performances. Also, they get a lot of the proceeds from the sales, which helps fund their travel. But if you wouldn't listen to it much anyway, I suppose it's not really worth it.