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From ideas and information shared in this discussion
topic, Cats' "collective" wisdom will
be distilled and fed into Tips
& Advice.
Do you still buy CDs? Are you a dinosaur? Why bother? This rhetoric is continually thrust in my face in articles about the music business's transformational changes, whether the subject is listener's habits, bands' marketing challenges, or the churning of new business strategies.
My i... (more)
Do you still buy CDs? Are you a dinosaur? Why bother? This rhetoric is continually thrust in my face in articles about the music business's transformational changes, whether the subject is listener's habits, bands' marketing challenges, or the churning of new business strategies.
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Do you still own any of your old vinyl records? Do you plan to sell them? Have you thought about how you'd do this?
Until a couple of months ago my answers were: "Yes, over 1500 of them"; "I suppose, someday"; and "Not really." One day I decided to take about 50 of them to a nearby store well-known for buying and selling used records, CDs, and DVDs, mainly to see what prices they'd offer. Out of the blue, as I approached the front door a local "swap collector" asked to see what I'... (more)
Until a couple of months ago my answers were: "Yes, over 1500 of them"; "I suppose, someday"; and "Not really." One day I decided to take about 50 of them to a nearby store well-known for buying and selling used records, CDs, and DVDs, mainly to see what prices they'd offer. Out of the blue, as I approached the front door a local "swap collector" asked to see what I'... (more)
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How do you find out about new songs - or learn more about older music?
What website have you just discovered that may change how you've been
nourishing your music appetite until now? Do you enjoy just listening
to songs or do you also want to own them?
These were once relatively simple questions. But the options today are so diverse, and are proliferating so rapidly, that we can all benefit from each other's experience.
Here is the place on the Alley site to d... (more)
These were once relatively simple questions. But the options today are so diverse, and are proliferating so rapidly, that we can all benefit from each other's experience.
Here is the place on the Alley site to d... (more)
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Once you've got it, what do you do with it? Where and how do you keep
track of your music? Does it (still) take up physical space? Do you
ever have trouble finding a specific song or album? If you enjoy making
playlists, how do you put them together?
Do you keep your collection on a computer hard drive and stream music around your house? Have you adopted any of the organizing/storage systems based on music servers? Have you mastered any unusual ways to tap the less well know... (more)
Do you keep your collection on a computer hard drive and stream music around your house? Have you adopted any of the organizing/storage systems based on music servers? Have you mastered any unusual ways to tap the less well know... (more)