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Has P2P Influenced Your Music Tastes?
Whatistehmatrix asks: "About 5 years ago, when I first found out about KaZaA, it was somewhat 'underground' and had less than 1 million people. I soon discovered there was an unbelievable amount of music open to me. Instead of getting the music I always heard on the radio, I always sought out the music that was previously unavailable to me [Japanese pop & rock, overseas techno, etc]. Well, fast forward to today, and I actively buy CDs from groups I fell in love with from the songs I found on P2P. I was wondering, if any of the Slashdot community used to/still uses P2P programs to try out music that isn't heard on the radio, to expand your tastes in music from different countries & cultures?"
I've discovered I like music much more when I don't have to pay for it.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
P2P cannot change my taste of music, because I remember music by MUSIC (what a suprise) and not by the people playing/singing, name of band, etc.
It might start affecting it when someone developes a search sistem where i humm a certain melody and it comes up with similiar tunes.
Ogg? That's fine if you are into being part of the 'mainstream' crowd.
.iso music files. Some of the best techno I've ever heard!
A few years ago I discovered
Acctualy, a lot of music I hear in clubs...
I cry shenanigans -- nerds do not go to clubs! Nice try, DemENtoR!
Well some of us are young, college age, and acctualy do fun stuff on friday, staturday nights.
/proc/kcore
Best. Techno. Ever.