I was looking at a co-worker's MP3 player yesterday. She's in her early twenties, and loves music like I do.
When I looked at her music files, I found NO FULL-LENGTH albums. She said to me, "I don't buy CD's anymore.
I just download the songs I like off of the web." Meaning, no full-length albums for her. Why buy a whole CD
when you only like a few songs off it anyway? I see fewer and fewer people these days going out and buying
full-length CD's. As far as digital downloads, people can hear what they're buying before they buy it. If a digital
download full-length album is $10, and you only dig 4 of the songs ---
Don't get me started with people
burning copies of CD's for their friends. Most of us do this too. But as far as supporting artists like STP,
just like many of you -- I bought the CD, the digital download, and the vinyl.
The internet and CD-R's have changed the way people buy, share, and consume music -- forever.