Music - there can be said so many things about it, but there’s so little time 2 do it. After all, one could write a “Music Bible,” and there still would be enough room for at least another dozen of similar books. Music brings people together, but also can start wars, but most interesting thing about music, these days, is how people reach it, and the real value music has. Why, that’s what I’ll tell u next, because I always thought that behind the innocent “free & legal music downloads” phrase there’s hiding something really evil…

When talking about recorded music, I think first way of recording music was 2 write down the notes for others 2 play it. Unfortunately, not everyone is a musician. Fortunately for most skilled musicians, playing well saved their lives in some situations(just think about cities conquered, and population slaughtered… with a few exceptions, including those who sang well enough 2 please the conquerors, and lucky enough 2 prove it b4 being killed without any questions).

As mankind entered the Industrial Era, recording sound became easier as time passed, but only in the last few decades music turned into something produced for (and consumed by - obviously) the masses. b4 moving on 2 tackle the free, legal music downloads that are considered a real plague by some of those in the music industry(and by myself, but for different reasons), I must get a little personal…

… with some of my memories regarding music - how it was, and how it became. Back in my teenage years, grabbing a tape from the music store or - when I was lucky 2 have the money - a CD, was a real celebration. Needless 2 say how proud I was 2 find some rare vinyl recording, and how many times those tapes and CDs were played. Most of them are still around, and I get back 2 them everytime I want 2 summon pleasant memories. Back then, I treated music as a gift, and as something u don’t cross your path with every minute.

Now? Well, usually I am not looking for free, legal music downloads, simply because I still enjoy having the CD in my hands, so I end up buying my music on CD/DVD. I don’t have 2 go out of the house, I don’t have any occasion 2 go 2 the music store and have a chat with that old hippie selling CDs, simply because the store is gone. All I have 2 do is type in some address in my Web browser, pay using my credit card or PayPal, and then wait for the package. Sometimes, I even download promo tracks from the artist’s website, if I am really that anxious 2 hear as much as possible b4 having the real thing in my hands.

Is this good? Is this bad? Free or paid, legal music downloads will never beat the real thing, at least for some of the music consumers. I hope we’re not only a few chosen ones, because some things should remain unchanged, and the way we enjoy music should never turn into clicking through some websites and loading our portable media player with tracks.

While the real history of the iPod may shadow a less known history, that of turning music from art into a cheap product for the masses, in most cases, I think free music downloads or paid ones should survive, but people and advertisers should also keep in mind that the real thing is always better than the virtual one and act accordingly.



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