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I agree about owning stuff. Some may see it as clutter but a record collection is a soundtrack to your life. I'm playing some old vinyl tonight that I've had since it came out in the 80s. I do stream stuff too but I would rather own music for the purpose of having it in my collection, and for the album sleeves.
My friend recently died. He was far more knowledgeable about music than I. His prized possession was his Pro-Ject turntable with Bowie slipmat. Yet all his music was on Spotify sub or on his laptop. I was the last person to know his laptop password. I didn't take note when he told me. He was going to get better, at least, that's how he saw it and I wasn't going to argue. That's all his music erased by the computer shop who thought we wanted his hardware to be saleable, not that we wanted his digital "record collection". I did buy some vinyl off him years ago, so at least I have that as a memento.
I think it's criminal how little artists get paid from subscription platforms. Then again even the Small Faces got royally shafted by Don Arden and that was decades before xSploitify. "Home taping is killing music". No. The music industry did that.
This thread was supposed to be about drinking. Well, this is kinda what happens when you do...
My friend recently died. He was far more knowledgeable about music than I. His prized possession was his Pro-Ject turntable with Bowie slipmat. Yet all his music was on Spotify sub or on his laptop. I was the last person to know his laptop password. I didn't take note when he told me. He was going to get better, at least, that's how he saw it and I wasn't going to argue. That's all his music erased by the computer shop who thought we wanted his hardware to be saleable, not that we wanted his digital "record collection". I did buy some vinyl off him years ago, so at least I have that as a memento.
I think it's criminal how little artists get paid from subscription platforms. Then again even the Small Faces got royally shafted by Don Arden and that was decades before xSploitify. "Home taping is killing music". No. The music industry did that.
This thread was supposed to be about drinking. Well, this is kinda what happens when you do...
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