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Originally Posted by direwolf
Yea, it's crazy to think how easily accessible music is today compared to 30 or 40 years ago. Most of the music I got into as a kid was discovered through a variety of different ways. Muchmusic, MTV, and commercial radio were obviously the three most influential sources, but a lot of stuff was also discovered through word of mouth from friends or older siblings who would make cassette copies and pass them around.
I'd get introduced to a new band, and that's where the fun began. Because then you had to go out and try and hunt down the rest of their catalogue, hitting every record shop in town in the process. Sometimes I'd buy an album just because I liked the cover art, or because I thought the band had a cool sounding name. You'd get home from the record store with a couple of new tapes or CDs and you felt like you'd been on an adventure.
Now all you have to do is pick up your phone and with a single click you have immediate access to every song ever recorded. It's wild.
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I was a bit jealous of my older brother. when I got into music, it was beginning to get expensive.
He could go out to Kelly's records and just buy stuff by the album cover alone.
I remember the kelly's 99 cent stickers. heck for 99 cents for a newer release, I'd buy pretty well anything too.