Musical Droppings: 2024

music to me is an essential piece of my life...without it there would be no point of living..........i know such dire words to say but it's true....music is like a very good friend who knows how to sooth your soul..perhaps music is like a drug....giving us highs and lows....sadness and bliss....bob dylan ...gordon lightfoot....iron maiden...john martyn....jamie cullum...steely dan....soundgarden....pink floyd.....level 42....neil yong....john hiatt.....are but a few of my favorite artists.....to some vinyl sounds warmer and the cd sounds more precise....nothing beats listening to a great album on a stereo system....denon integrated amplifier....pioneer turntable....paradigm speakers....how music was made to be listened to.....

in recent months i have started buying cds again....mainly used ones i can find at thrift stores...

the reason for this is simple....the inflated pricing of vinyl albums....at my local music shop a vinyl album can run from 40 to 60 dollars an album.....this is in my opinion outrageous....if the music labels would

sell their product at a better price meaning in the 20 to 30 dollar range i'm sure they would still get a

decent profit....this my friends speaks to the greed of these companies...in my opinion...

and let's not forget the quality of sound of the compact disc ....it really is a marvellous music carrier...

i do still buy an occassional vinyl ....if its an album i really want ...like for an example if my favorite band comes out with a new album ..that band being Iron Maiden !

well hopefully things will turn around with the prices of vinyl...but from what i can see people are willing to dish out the dollars for these overpriced albums....time will tell .