music notes
i stopped into HMV on my way home to pick up a few CDs. i hadn't bought any new CDs since september b/c of my shopping fast in october. i had a few in mind that i wanted to get, and i knew i'd find a few more once i was there.
10-15 mins in the store, i had 7 CDs in my hand, and i'm sure i could have found more if i didn't make myself go to the checkout. and i had a few i wanted to find, but forgot the names.
these are the CDs i bought, quite a mix, i think:
- illscarlett
- damien rice
- +44
- matt mays
- matt mays + el torpedo
- chantal kreviazuk (got tickets to her show in feb!)
- john legend
$99 for 7 CDs, that's a pretty good deal.
i could technically save some money and download these albums instead of buying them. but i don't download as much as people might assume i do, since i listen to so much music and love it so much. these are a few reasons why:
a) unless someone shows me how to download music, from which sites, and where i can find it on my computer, i'm too lazy/technologically deficient to figure it out myself. my friend's brother set it all up on my computer for me and showed me how to do it.
b) i don't know how much of the revenue from CD sales actually goes back to the artist (i think they make their money from touring, not so much CD sales), but i feel bad for downloading sometimes. but only certain artists. for example, i had no qualms about downloading the killers, but i didn't want to download matt mays. depending on the artist, i would consider downloading first, and then buying their CD.
c) i like having the actual CD in my hand, looking at the pictures, and reading the liner notes, thank yous, and lyrics. having a big music selection on my computer is not as satisfying as seeing my CD collection grow. i've made a rough estimate and i think i have approximately 320 CDs right now.
so that's my music update for now. i think i'm in the wrong industry. as much as i love shopping, i think it'd be so much cooler to work in the music industry. or for a music retailer. hmmmm....
(btw, i hope everyone watched those two city and colour videos)
10-15 mins in the store, i had 7 CDs in my hand, and i'm sure i could have found more if i didn't make myself go to the checkout. and i had a few i wanted to find, but forgot the names.
these are the CDs i bought, quite a mix, i think:
- illscarlett
- damien rice
- +44
- matt mays
- matt mays + el torpedo
- chantal kreviazuk (got tickets to her show in feb!)
- john legend
$99 for 7 CDs, that's a pretty good deal.
i could technically save some money and download these albums instead of buying them. but i don't download as much as people might assume i do, since i listen to so much music and love it so much. these are a few reasons why:
a) unless someone shows me how to download music, from which sites, and where i can find it on my computer, i'm too lazy/technologically deficient to figure it out myself. my friend's brother set it all up on my computer for me and showed me how to do it.
b) i don't know how much of the revenue from CD sales actually goes back to the artist (i think they make their money from touring, not so much CD sales), but i feel bad for downloading sometimes. but only certain artists. for example, i had no qualms about downloading the killers, but i didn't want to download matt mays. depending on the artist, i would consider downloading first, and then buying their CD.
c) i like having the actual CD in my hand, looking at the pictures, and reading the liner notes, thank yous, and lyrics. having a big music selection on my computer is not as satisfying as seeing my CD collection grow. i've made a rough estimate and i think i have approximately 320 CDs right now.
so that's my music update for now. i think i'm in the wrong industry. as much as i love shopping, i think it'd be so much cooler to work in the music industry. or for a music retailer. hmmmm....
(btw, i hope everyone watched those two city and colour videos)
posted by diana at
8:54 PM
8 Comments:
matt mays + el torpedo
Only good CD you bought.
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Ryan, at 9:58 PM
+44 is the other blink guys right?
i need to get the new matt mays cd. oh and a musician usually signs a contract to receive 1-4% of album sales. usually after the musician sells millions of albums, they re-negotiate and might get 6-10%.
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Swedish Sensation, at 11:52 PM
don't judge me ryan.
i listened to some of john legend on my way to work and it's pretty darn good. but i think the new matt mays album is supposed to be a little trippy-electronica compared to his + el torpedo stuff.
yes, +44 is travis and mark's new band after blink. i read some article where mark was talking about the breakup of blink. and apparently tom just quit one day, but got their manager to tell the other guys. so neither mark or travis have spoken to tom since then. and there's a +44 song about the breakup too. besides, the angels and airwaves album isn't very good, so mark and travis win. so much drama.
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diana, at 8:33 AM
i like john legend....i don't have his cd but i was thinking on getting it.
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Swedish Sensation, at 9:04 AM
BUT ANGEL AND AIRWAVES ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE LAST 20 YEARS!!!
So says Tom.
I don't know. +44 came across the A&E desk at the Gateway, I gave it a listen, passed it on to some n00b to review. Just didn't do it for me.
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Ryan, at 3:17 PM
+44 played on letterman last night. they sounded alright. that travis guy played one handed cause he was wearing some kind of brace on the other.
not my type of music though...i didn't really like blink 182 anyways.
By
Swedish Sensation, at 4:35 PM
travis broke his arm awhile ago.
and he's also fooling around with paris hilton. his coolness factor dropped after i heard that.
By
diana, at 8:12 PM
yeah cause he probably has aids now
By
Swedish Sensation, at 9:42 PM
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