...the RIAA is very annoying. Jules and I did a fair amount of "sharing" mp3's back in the days of the original napster. We don't do it anymore - I don't really see a need for it with all the music sampling on youtube et. al.; and the wide variety of stuff you can buy on itunes and other digital music sites for a buck. I may not be the best example, because I've never been a music nut the way some people are - my tastes vary widely and are probably best described as "unsophisticated" by people who are musically inclined or deeply engaged to a particular genre.
That said I am reminded of our temporary love affair with a Canadian band called "Great Big Sea". We had never heard of them (they are quite big in the maritime provinces but get almost NO play on commercial US radio) until Jules was searching napster for "Irish drinking music" and stumbled upon one of their songs. Long story short we ended up buying about 4 of their CD's and paying to see them live in concert when they played Avalon in Boston a few years ago (and I go to VERY few live concerts in venues bigger than a local bar). Never would've happened without our illegal music "sharing" habit!
That said I am reminded of our temporary love affair with a Canadian band called "Great Big Sea". We had never heard of them (they are quite big in the maritime provinces but get almost NO play on commercial US radio) until Jules was searching napster for "Irish drinking music" and stumbled upon one of their songs. Long story short we ended up buying about 4 of their CD's and paying to see them live in concert when they played Avalon in Boston a few years ago (and I go to VERY few live concerts in venues bigger than a local bar). Never would've happened without our illegal music "sharing" habit!
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