by Barry Zee
Free, Legal Music Downloads – Where to
Music – there can be said so many things about it, but there’s so little time to do it. After all, one could write a “Music Bible,” and there still would be enough room for at least another dozen of similar books. Music brings people together, but also can start wars, but most interesting thing about music, these days, is how people reach it, and the real value music has. Why, that’s what I’ll tell you next, because I always thought that behind the innocent “free & legal music downloads” phrase there’s hiding something really evil…
When talking about recorded music, I think first way of recording music was to write down the notes for others to play it. Unfortunately, not everyone is a musician. Fortunately for most skilled musicians, playing well saved their lives in some situations(just think about cities conquered, and population slaughtered… with a few exceptions, including those who sang well enough to please the conquerors, and lucky enough to prove it before being killed without any questions).
As mankind entered the Industrial Era, recording sound became easier as time passed, but only in the last few decades music turned into something produced for (and consumed by – obviously) the masses. Before moving on to tackle the free, legal music downloads that are considered a real plague by some of those in the music industry(and by myself, but for different reasons), I must get a little personal…
… with some of my memories regarding music – how it was, and how it became. Back in my teenage years, grabbing a tape from the music store or – when I was lucky to have the money – a CD, was a real celebration. Needless to say how proud I was to find some rare vinyl recording, and how many
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