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iTunes ruling the music world.....with iPorn coming up fast.

ScottW

The future of music in the home... ugh. No brick and mortar stores,
etc.

And all digital, yay.

I hope that you enjoy it.

Well lets hope that we will still have option of what will become the
"retro" formats for a while yet. Just pray like our parents did that
the headphones playing that rock and roll won't make the kids
any more deaf than we were. At least some kids.
Pray that they don't take music education completely out of the
schools,
and some may actually be gifted musicians.
I'm sure some die hard old coot like me would keep some brick and
mortar store going until they became museum pieces.
Isn't that the nature of things we love?

LOL Indeed. I just don't want to be mourning the day when we could go
to an actual store and browse actual product, look at music and audio
mags while looking at the new (and old) CDs and records, chat with other
collectors, etc. We're becoming more and more isolated and non-social
in our activities, and I think that's kind of sad. I know that I'm
"sounding like my parents" here, but sometimes changes aren't for the
better.

Then there's the issue of what format will digital downloads be in when
that's all we can get....

Well if I know the marketplace, we will just pay a premium for the
higher
quality format, kids will be playing tunes on cell phones so how good
does that version have to be. It is a shame that socializing is on the
down swing. I don't know if it's part of we just don't know when to
stop
working or it's another symptom of the family structure fragmenting.
Shopping was a social experience, you'd see co-workers, church family,
distant relatives,etc. Now we shop cyberspace for the best price,
shipping included.