> I'm happy to not relive the days where CDs were and inflation adjusted $35 for about 10 songs.
Limited edition vinyl stuff, for example, generally goes for right around that in order to support the artists. Most of that money is going directly to the artist, nowadays (as opposed to live in which it all goes to Ticketmaster).
If you're not willing to spend at least some money, well, then you're part of the problem why artists can't get paid for doing music and why so much of it kinda sucks.
> And there is no economic incentive or guarantee that any given retail employee would know anything about the inventory. Go to home Depot and canvas some of them about home repairs if you don't believe me.
Sure, if you went to Tower Records, you almost always had someone clueless. However, the point of going to those stores was to NOT go to the big retailer, it was to go to the local record stores that had people who worked there specifically because they were super passionate about music.
This was how you found out about that super obscure artist. It was also how you found out about the local bands that might be of interest to someone who liked that super obscure artist. etc.
Limited edition vinyl stuff, for example, generally goes for right around that in order to support the artists. Most of that money is going directly to the artist, nowadays (as opposed to live in which it all goes to Ticketmaster).
If you're not willing to spend at least some money, well, then you're part of the problem why artists can't get paid for doing music and why so much of it kinda sucks.
> And there is no economic incentive or guarantee that any given retail employee would know anything about the inventory. Go to home Depot and canvas some of them about home repairs if you don't believe me.
Sure, if you went to Tower Records, you almost always had someone clueless. However, the point of going to those stores was to NOT go to the big retailer, it was to go to the local record stores that had people who worked there specifically because they were super passionate about music.
This was how you found out about that super obscure artist. It was also how you found out about the local bands that might be of interest to someone who liked that super obscure artist. etc.