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April 24, 2008
Dear CNET members, It's hard to believe that 10 years ago the first few MP3 players were released. I remember in the late '90s, while MP3s were just still in its infant stage, I was still a CD addict--buying them as quickly as new albums were released--thinking CDs were the best thing since sliced bread. Today, the music landscape has changed completely as online music downloads has become a way of life for many of us. After reading the latest MP3 Insider blog entry by CNET editor Donald Bell, titled: "'98 to '08: What we lost along the way", he really got me all nostalgic and reminiscing of all the way things use to be before all my music became ones and zeros on my hard drive. Today, I no longer have a dedicated wall in my house for my proud CD collections (sorted by genre in alphabetical order). All the portable CD players have been replaced by MP3 players and those standalone CD players are no longer staple household items. While these few physical things I don't miss so much, what I do miss is the social aspect of having tangible media--and as Donald puts it in his blog, "Borrowing physical media also involves face-to-face interaction, often times leading to great conversations. The modern age of copying, uploading, and linking to music has allowed me to discover new music at a much faster rate, but those discoveries seem much less personal." I think I miss that the most, but heck, enough of what I think, how about you? Read Donald's great blog entry and tell us: What do you miss about how you experienced music 10 years ago? Has today's technology made you feel more or less connected to the bands and musicians behind the music you hear today? Has the shuffle feature on your MP3 player introduced you to new music, or has it just erased your attention span? Do you still buy CDs? Or has nothing really changed for you? Many other members have already left their mark in the discussion. So whatever is on your mind, let's reminisce together and share your thoughts on this, by telling us what you think. We are all ears. Have fun and enjoy!
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Music: '98 to '08: What we lost along the way In a recent MP3 Insider blog post titled: "'98 to '08: What we lost along the way", CNET editor Donald Bell takes a 10 year step back in time and compares it to today's music landscape from the medium shift to the revolution of MP3s. After reading the blog, here are what a few members had to say: "I buy a lot of music, mostly from eMusic and OtherMusic (my mp3 music library is at about 180GB). It's clear that I have embraced this means of owning & managing music via PC. However, here are some odd things I miss about owning stacks of CDs: 1) Feeling committed to giving an album a chance because I paid $15 for it and the CD is staring at me..." (Read more) --Submitted by: CNET member SprkJonz "To better understand why I hang onto my CD's, let me start by saying a couple of things I won't stand for in my media are censorship and aspect-ratio reduction. In short, I hate feeling like I've been shortchanged when I buy and watch or listen to something with the expectation of it being a fair representation of the original. There is no way, at least in my opinion..." (Read more) --Submitted by: CNET member crimsonfenix "I remember when my dad left to work in another country, and one of the most meaningful things I had to remember him was his LP and CD collection. He always wrote all over the covers, imprinting special dates, signatures of his friends and his own, even autographs. In the covers or folders, I used to find pictures of him, concerts he went to and more. The music..." (Read more) --Submitted by: CNET member cayucodies "I still buy CD's. I love looking at the linear notes, find out who the production is, what engineer did what. It helps me better appreciate the music. I can then search out that producer's credits if I really like his work. Sure I have a digital music player, but I use wav files and top quality headphones. And while I use to use MP3's, when I streamed it to my hi fi..." (Read more) --Submitted by: CNET member darrenassey Speak up! Now it's your turn to speak up. What do you miss about how you experienced music 10 years ago? Has today's technology made you feel more or less connected to the bands and musicians behind the music you hear today? Has the shuffle feature on your iPod opened you to new music, or just erased your attention span? We all would like to know what you think. • MP3 player reviews • MP3 downloads • Latest MP3 news • MP3 players forum  Here are some interesting comments members recently submitted
on CNET. Read up on it and chime in with your opinion. Enjoy!
• Mac clone lust --Blog posted by: The Macalope (CNET blog network) CNET member jhollington response: "Well said. Time is money being the key point for me. I switched from Windows to Mac three years ago specifically *because* I no longer wanted to deal with hacked together homebrew machines and unstable operating systems. Now, here the apologists for cloned Mac OS X hardware would have us return to those dark days where it takes a typical..." (Read more) • Sorry, but I'm sitting out Earth Day--and the next one and the one after that --Blog posted by: Charlie Cooper (CNET News.com) CNET member zimmcomm response: "First of all, why pick on just ethanol? You say there will be "several culprits" and ethanol is the worst. What are the others? I do agree that Earth Day is just a feel-good bunch of baloney. Second, you say "we've footed the bill for more than $50 billion in corn subsidies in the last decade." I'd like to know what you are including in that number..." (Read more) • A tech lover's call to arms --Blog posted by: Don Reisinger (CNET blog network) CNET member hfjacinto response: "I say the only people we have to blame are ourselves, if we didn't elect the people into power we wouldn't have created these dumb laws. We have granted inc's more power than people have and since the management is immune from decisions they make, why not screw the average Joe. The issue is more than just technology rights, the companies now control..." (Read more) | Weigh in on this week's poll:
 Album artwork (Please explain.) Liner notes (Please explain.) The social aspect of it (How so?) Tangible aspect of actually owning something (How so?) Going to music stores (Please explain.) The new album "smell." (Please explain.) Potential resale value (Please explain.) What are you talking about? Buying music online is all I know (Do you even own a music CD?) I don't miss any of it (Really? Why not?) Other (What is it?)
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