CDs vs. downloads
They told me that they'd been afraid to go to the post office.
Ouch. How inconsiderate of me not to have thought about that. :(
So I asked them whether they could send me a link to a download instead.
I got the download link within minutes. The artist assured me that they would send me the CD later, but I asked them to stay out of the post office because they have a kid to raise.
Imagine my surprise when I found the CD in my mailbox a few days ago.
I confess that I felt both guilty--I certainly hope they didn't go to the post office just for me--and glad.
Sure, downloads are easy, and you don't need a special player or computer drive.
But downloads are missing a few things.
Like cover art. This CD is *gorgeous.*
Also missing: what we older folks call "liner notes." Where are the lists of back-up/harmony singers? Who's playing which instrument? Were any of the songs co-written?
Some of this can sometimes be found on YouTube. Spotify? Maybe not, unless I just don't know where to look. Bandcamp seems to be good at showing both the art and the info (and I can even play an entire album in order--that "shuffle" business drives me nuts).
But what a shame that technology sometimes seems to insist on reinventing the wheel.
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