Streaming music solves what caused the record companies sleepless nights... the everlasting CD, a device that does not wear, does not self-destruct as vinyl or tape, does not require you to replace it to preserve pristine sound, it's like selling a battery that never dies, how can you make money? The very technology that record stores embraced with glee, put them out of business. Modern music (love the pun, eh?) collectors store music on devices, devices that change, get lost, replaced, and science that keeps improving it compression to make them smaller and sound better, your 'collection' has no substance, it's a hard drive, a thumb drive or a phone packed with bits & bytes, all subject to technology moving on... and the big one, you can buy singles again (CD singles were discontinued, companies lost money when you bought the single and not the full CD, watch the great movie on Tower Records demise, "All Things Must Pass"), hits that are here today and gone tomorrow, and when that phone runs out of space you delete hits to make room to buy more 99 cent hits. It's easy to lose track of digital songs, to delete, lose or have them corrupted, yet CD's take up a spot on your shelf, they do not suffer from attrition, they are eternal.
I can tell you this, Bill Nelson would have sold me a dozen copies of some of his records/CD's if they wore out, but I still play that CD years later, still sounds perfect... except for the record clicks & pops Bill puts there to remind us of the good'ol days.
_________________ I feel... light in the head
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