JeremyFife
Addicted to Fun and Learning
Hi all,
I'd be interested to know what you think about this.
Prompted by my increasing switch to digital (streaming, some purchasing) from physical media and following two cathartic events; getting rid of my CDs (kept the vinyl) and inheriting my father's record collection.
My music collection describes one aspect of me, and who I was over time - my adolescent tastes differ from where I'm at now, but picking out e.g. Marillion's first album brings back a headrush of memories. Similarly, digging through Dad's crackly vinyl brings me closer to him, and leads me down entirely new musical avenues.
How do you do that with digital? How do you share this very personal archive? I'm wondering what my kids will discover about the music that matters/mattered to me.
I listen mostly to streamed music, a lot of new stuff, but I find myself buying 'placeholders' - a record or a FLAC download - just to remind me of key moments.
In a few years I may forget how awesome that Pharoe Sanders / Floating Point is, but I'd kick myself if it wasn't there for me (or my kids) to stumble over again and to re-experience the beauty.
Rambling, but serious too. How do you approach this, or is music just a personal discovery?
I'd be interested to know what you think about this.
Prompted by my increasing switch to digital (streaming, some purchasing) from physical media and following two cathartic events; getting rid of my CDs (kept the vinyl) and inheriting my father's record collection.
My music collection describes one aspect of me, and who I was over time - my adolescent tastes differ from where I'm at now, but picking out e.g. Marillion's first album brings back a headrush of memories. Similarly, digging through Dad's crackly vinyl brings me closer to him, and leads me down entirely new musical avenues.
How do you do that with digital? How do you share this very personal archive? I'm wondering what my kids will discover about the music that matters/mattered to me.
I listen mostly to streamed music, a lot of new stuff, but I find myself buying 'placeholders' - a record or a FLAC download - just to remind me of key moments.
In a few years I may forget how awesome that Pharoe Sanders / Floating Point is, but I'd kick myself if it wasn't there for me (or my kids) to stumble over again and to re-experience the beauty.
Rambling, but serious too. How do you approach this, or is music just a personal discovery?