Getting Music!!!!

[d0zer]

Just go to the store and buy CDs.

People generally make two ridiculous arguments in response to this:

1) They're too expensive - This is false. If you get the CD itself, then not only do you get the album itself but you ALSO get included in that price the booklet that includes a ton of awesome stuff. They usually have all the lyrics to the song, which otherwise would be almost impossible to figure out just by listening to the song, and there's usually either a lot of silly artsy stuff or there are various pictures of the band/artist that add tremendous value to the listening experience. There have been many times where I heard an album, didn't know what to think of it, and then listened to the album again after looking through the album art and band pics finding my musical opinions much better informed after knowing whether the lead singer is a leopard-print-wearing rocker or a shaggy-haired emo type or if their bassist is a female.

2) The money doesn't go to the right people - Good God if I hear another OccupyHippie talk my ear off about how the artists get gypped and the record companies get too much of the cut and all this, I'm gonna snap. The fact of the matter is that the record companies do a TON of work that adds vital value to the music business as a whole, not only through their distribution (which is only getting harder and more expensive these days), but through their promotion.

Lemme ask you this: could you imagine a music world without the record companies? The music landscape would be abysmal. Believe me, as a 5-year subscriber to Rolling Stone, I know a lot about music and there's really nothing out there worth listening to that hasn't been hand-picked for us and brought into our hands as reasonably-priced and hassel-free as possible through the promotional and distributional efforts of those people.

This whole post is a massive troll, right?