[Dixielandjazz] Is the CD dead? the rise of Silence?

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Another silence lover.  When I listen to music I really listen.  If I can't 
hear it I don't want to listen.  I have been asked why I don't listen to 
music like on the car radio.  Well most of the music is crap but that's 
another issue.  If people are talking I don't like to listen to music and 
only half listen to both.  Like a bricklayer who doesn't want to watch 
others lay bricks I'm not all that enthusiastic about going to concerts. 
Music to me is a profession and not a hobby.  I fly radio control models as 
my hobby.  I go watch others fly and I like to take part in the various 
activities.

I am involved in music almost my whole day in some way or another and when I 
relax it isn't doing what I do all day.   Plumbers don't relax by tearing 
out their pipes and re doing them.  I simply enjoy music on another plane 
from most people and my concentration on it is also on another plane from 
most people.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
To: "jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Is the CD dead?


> Different strokes for different folks I suppose. That isn't to say that
> I don't enjoy some of the things you mention either. I do love silence;
> you can believe that.
>
> Basically as I said before, it's a convenience thing. No, I don't have
> to have my music collection at my fingertips. But it's nice to be able
> to have that option if I want it. :-)
>
> Technology, like anything else can be positive or negative depending on
> the situation and the point of view. If it weren't for email and the
> world wide web, you and I probably wouldn't be able to have this
> conversation right now. Nor would I have been able to learn from guys
> like Bob Ringwald, Jim Kash, Barbone, Wigs, yourself and others.
>
> Mike
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> pat ladd wrote:
>> you can carry your entire music collection with you>>
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> you dont HAVE to carry any music with you a tall. Surprising though it
>> may seem to one of your generation ( the younger set) it is perfectly
>> possible to survive for quite long periods without a pair of phones or
>> buds in your ears.
>>
>> Some of us can remember when we had to be deprived of music for the
>> entire time it took to go from one radio to another possibly as far away
>> as next door.
>> Should you try it you will be amazed at the amount of other sound which
>> is available without charge. The wind in the trees, birds singing,
>> people talking to each other. If you are exceptionally lucky you may
>> hear nothing at all. A chastening experience.
>>
>> I carry in my car CD Player more music than I could play in a day. To
>> carry so much that I could not hear it all if I listened 24 hours a day
>> until the end of my life seems a little excessive, no matter how small
>> and convenient the package.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Pat  :-)
>>
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