Yeah, yeah. Free downloads, recommendation systems etc. is the bomb. It exposes people to music they wouldn’t otherwise have come across. And I believe that. Sometimes I even write I believe it. To make it more true.
But so far nothing beats having iTunes running in a crowded cafe. I can browse other people’s music and the personal aspect (remember blogging?), having different stuff in the same location with the knowledge that this music belongs to the same person, is so very useful.
Thanks to Lars Pettersen, I’m getting a wakeup dose of electronica end alectro-clash. Sweet.