{"id":50,"date":"2013-01-21T00:39:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T07:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/senseandsound.net\/?p=50"},"modified":"2013-01-23T01:11:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T08:11:50","slug":"a-trickle-back-to-the-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/senseandsound.net\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"A Trickle Back To The Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I talked up &#8220;Diva&#8221; so much last time that a sense of proper decency came over me. I should be an honest man, show a genuine commitment, and put down some money for the cause. Even though it is far beyond its shelf life I wanted to put in my own small affirmation that the record today is worth some merit and holds value to me. I thought I&#8217;d just go out and buy a copy of the album, but it raised the question of how do I convey that value back to Annie Lennox, or any other artist, without just paving a row of intermediary fees that falls short of my intentions?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zGM8PT1eAvY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I have to come clean that I initially got ahold of the record by downloading it through a peer-to-peer netowork, and it was a high quality (320 kbps) rip of the CD. Coincidentally I have several unopened CDs from when I got a digital copy and followed up with buying the disc just to be proper. Most often the reasoning\/rationalization was that I didn&#8217;t want wait to get the physical copy so I&#8217;d simultaneously order the physical copy and download a digital copy. Over the last couple of years things have progressed somewhat in that Amazon sells a lot of albums at a reasonable $5 for digital downloads, and now they even complement many physical CD purchases with an immediate download of the record. I can remember a few years ago feeling the drudgery of ordering a CD from Amazon and then just marking the days and weeks on my calendar until I could give the disc a listen.<\/p>\n<p>Again I was going to rely on Amazon for a physical copy. I thought about buying the digital version for about $10, but I knew I wouldn&#8217;t get anything better from that &#8211; the rip\/compression would be a lot lower than what I already had. I priced out the physical copy, which would give me the actual uncompressed tracks along with whatever artwork\/liner notes there were, and it was going for about $14. I was feeling devoted at the time, so I went ahead with the order, but then Amazon informed me they expected delivery date was some time 2 to 3 MONTHS from now. And so the order sat there for a few days since I didn&#8217;t feel any urgency. As sometimes occurs, I was wandering aimlessly in Walmart and I was curious to take a census of the &#8220;Lennox, Annie&#8221; slot in the music aisle. Amazingly, yes there was a &#8220;Diva&#8221; CD and it was five dollars. Boggle. I decided to buy it then and there and to cancel my Amazon order out of mild frustration. The question still hangs over me of how to give a record justice. I have no naive delusions $5 for a record at Walmart hardly makes it out of their front door, much less a trickle of revenue back to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I talked up &#8220;Diva&#8221; so much last time that a sense of proper decency came over me. I should be an honest man, show a genuine commitment, and put down some money for the cause. 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