[TriLUG] buying songs online

[Jim Ray]

ok, ok.  i confess.  i have a fair amount of recorded work.  i further 
confess that my 2 and 4 year olds took over the stereo.  now, i listen 
to WUNC talk radio in the minivan :-)

drm and riaa can just go home as far as i am concerned.

Benjamin Reed wrote:
> Jim Ray wrote:
> 
>> live performance is where it is at.  any tom, dick or sally can 
>> fabricate something in a studio.
> 
> That's like saying that writing is no good and the only good story is 
> one spoken by a public speaker.  :)
> 
> They each require skill in slightly different (but related) domains. 
> Production (and I don't mean turning up the compression) is an art just 
> like performance is.  I love a good live band, but if you limit yourself 
> to only live performances (and recordings of live performances) you lose 
> out on a lot of interesting music.
> 
> Anyways, I'm done bitching.  :)
> 
> As far as being on topic goes, DRM sucks, but I unfortunately vote with 
> my apathy.  :P  I use iTunes music store fairly often, but I'll buy CDs 
> as well.  I know I should care, but it's hard to when no matter what you 
> do the artist is still getting screwed.
> 

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