my interest

dear project leader:

so the question becomes...why do i care so much whether music companies make money?

i don't.

1. i care that i don't get fined for unauthorized downloads.
   
2. i care that bands for whom i have an unnatural affection stay in the game.
   
3. i care that i can constantly find new stuff to supplement my attachment to the old.

so my fear is that if the music industry crashes completely, music searches will become increasingly non-productive. but this is antiquated thinking: very little of what i "discover" anymore is a result of a record company releasing a 45 RPM.

the truth is, i'm getting old(er). i have a persistent ringing in my ears, most likely from four and a half generations of clubbing (disco - new wave - house - electronica (all overarched with hi-energy)), during the night hours; and thirty years of headphone wearing (walkman - stereo outfit - PC - discman - ipod), during the daylight and get-me-to-sleep hours.

i only ask for that my hearing holds out 32 more years. and please debbie, don't retire before 2042!