toeknee4bz
Well-Known Member
I know that we're not supposed to be deliberately negative on the Corner, but recent times have shown that nobody cares about music anymore. Or at least, not the way we used to care. They don't even buy it anymore. NOBODY CARES if they don't own their own music. They don't even cherry-pick a song from iTunes anymore. Everyone just seems to be content to have 'streaming' services, free or fee, where someone else plays modern day DJ. On the surface, I suppose it's no different than the old folks who were content with whatever was on the radio. But apparently, there are no younger people out there nowadays who even remotely care to collect their own music.
CDs are all but a dead market now. The mp3 market is dying (if not dead already), and now I am told that when my iPod Classic dies, chances are I won't be able to find anything comparable to hold all of my music collection of 10,000+ songs. People automatically mention Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, Google Music... Ok, so there are options out there.... but wait a minute. Why should I have to PAY a subscription TO LISTEN TO MY OWN MUSIC, which I've ALREADY PAID FOR years ago? A friend of mine said that Google Music was free to upload your own library. Oh yeah? I went to the site, and it won't let you do anything WITHOUT entering a CREDIT CARD number. I'm sure some of you out there have seen the credit rating commercial where the girl talks to the website saying "You want my credit card info so you can charge me on the down low later on." Yeah. I feel her pain.
Any good news, guys?
CDs are all but a dead market now. The mp3 market is dying (if not dead already), and now I am told that when my iPod Classic dies, chances are I won't be able to find anything comparable to hold all of my music collection of 10,000+ songs. People automatically mention Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, Google Music... Ok, so there are options out there.... but wait a minute. Why should I have to PAY a subscription TO LISTEN TO MY OWN MUSIC, which I've ALREADY PAID FOR years ago? A friend of mine said that Google Music was free to upload your own library. Oh yeah? I went to the site, and it won't let you do anything WITHOUT entering a CREDIT CARD number. I'm sure some of you out there have seen the credit rating commercial where the girl talks to the website saying "You want my credit card info so you can charge me on the down low later on." Yeah. I feel her pain.
Any good news, guys?