Downloading Music

I've been in classes before where this is a topic of discussion. I go to school for communications, so it comes up in discussions. What blows my mind is that people even buy recorded music to begin with. I enjoy music, I consider myself an well-rounded listener. I enjoy real music, not rap, not beat-generated pop grooves, not anything that isn't traditional music. I hate the industry today. I hate how prevalent electronic instruments have become. It sucks. It shows no talent, and has no value. It doesn't do what music is supposed to do.

Which brings me to the point of downloading music. I don't listen to studio albums of bands, because it doesn't emulate what the band actually sounds like, or how they play. It's fabricated. It's not authentic. So what I do is download random live shows of Archive.org. A band's true sound is their live sound, the sound they make when they're all present and playing at the same time; not what they can put on a record. If people actually liked music, they would listen to their favorite bands live and go to see them perform. That's what it's all about, you know. It's primal, for people to actually go and see the band play first-hand. That's why I like jam bands. They're great musicians and they love nothing more than to play for an audience.

That's what music is. The industry has changed, and people have allowed for the meaning of good music to change. Anyone who listens to top 40 or pop/rock/rap radio has no idea what they're missing out on. They don't listen to real music.