I Spoke Too Soon…
In an entry earlier today I mentioned that iTunes might very well become the #1 music retailer in the United States by the end of the year. Having read the entry, a friend at Apple sent me a link to the following. It seems the end of the year has come early…
“April 3, 2008 - Apple today announced that the iTunes Store surpassed Wal-Mart to become the number one music retailer in the US, based on the latest data from the NPD Group. With over 50 million customers, iTunes has sold over four billion songs and features the world’s largest music catalog of over six million songs.”
In just five years, iTunes has overcome every major retailer in the US. Congrats to Ryan, Dave, and the rest of the iTunes team.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I wish I wasn’t so old school. And maybe I would finally know what an I-tune was. :o(
April 4th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Apparently I’m one of the few in my generation that can’t get over not having a physical something for the money I’ve spent. There’s really no reason I need a cd, since I rip it and through the music on my iPod the moment I get home anyway, but I just like having the cd. What’s that about?
April 4th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I found stuff I could not find in most stores on iTunes!
I proudly own Jussi Bjorling’s 22-song CD (or two) with an amazing Swedish cover of Oh Holy Night! He hits that B-flat with perfection (and yet Wednesday I kept trying and all I would do is overdrive it!)
I’m always overdriving above the G. Luckily my throat heals quickly.
Matt, how do you handle passing the passachio (passing F/F# below high C)? Hit F# on While We Were Hunting Rabbits. Those you can sing open, but how do you pass that without damage?
April 4th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I do know that when I have the ipod plugged in while away from the house, it pisses me off that I don’t have the physical CD cover in hand to check a liner note, or a credit for a particular song. I really do need to keep buying the hard copy. But I can understand it may all be digital one day soon.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I’m the same, I like driving to the cd and pull out the cover while (parked at a light), if need be. Like today, I could swear to god I heard the word X-box in Black Helicopter. I’m all wtf, pulled out the thingy and sure enough… XBOX!!!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
[quote comment="48864"]I’m the same, I like driving to the cd and pull out the cover while (parked at a light), if need be. Like today, I could swear to god I heard the word X-box in Black Helicopter. I’m all wtf, pulled out the thingy and sure enough… XBOX!!!!!![/quote]
I could write you a song with Atari 2600 in it if you like :P
Some days I feel so old because I’m so behind the times.
“Rob, the 80’s called… they want their music back” That’s something I’ve heard several times.
I’m happy to design new technology, but when it comes to personal use, I’m still using old stuff. I was listening to a yellow Sony Sports Walkman back in university (2001-2006) and I was laughed at. I brought in my Sony Discman (first model - it still works) and again they laughed at me. I eventually broke down and purchased an iPod Shuffle.
However, the Macbook Pro, now THAT is something I knew about and wanted, just so I could create songs, or in my most recent time, working with Ubuntu 7.10 in VMWare Fusion teaching myself GNU/Linux drivers.
Technology is certainly changing at an insane pace. I wonder what will be in the future for music in our lifetime? Download concerts to your head? You can sit at home and experience the concert in your head, all in your mind! Now that would be cool.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
For the record, the NDP numbers are in relation to January specifically… I have no doubt that iTunes could sustain it’s lead in sales, but let’s wait a couple of months before calling it the #1 retailer. The month after christmas where iPods were probably the most bought item is not a valid month to crown a new sales king. If most people are proven to not have been simply ‘trying out’ iTunes, then maybe it’ll be appropriate.
Still though, it is exciting news! Cheers to digital!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
As much as iTunes is kicking ass, I still like the packaging of a CD or heck even Vinyl. Being in my 30’s I will support new media, I also embrace new media.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
When the world wide web grows too big for the breeze, and the cyber world in which the future so reliably resides in collapses frozen page by frozen page, where will all the people go?
I bet back outside. Where the things you see aren’t jpegs and moments can’t be re-wound, where nothing but your own immune system protects you from viruses and you don’t need a password, where things you have to back up are simply committed to memory, and nothing is on standby.
Things come full circle, just you wait.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
now tell them to let me buy from both the US and the Canadian stores using the iTunes cards I buy in stores
April 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I saw something similar in the news recently. Honestly, it’s as inevitable as death. When in an age of technology and information, and when everything is going digital, there’s no way for it NOT to happen.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
[quote comment="48858"]Apparently I’m one of the few in my generation that can’t get over not having a physical something for the money I’ve spent. There’s really no reason I need a cd, since I rip it and through the music on my iPod the moment I get home anyway, but I just like having the cd. What’s that about?[/quote]
You have a strain of the Design Disease. I’m the same way. I want a tangible, visual companion piece to the music. I will buy a song here & there from iTunes, and if I like it, I go find the album. If not, I delete the songs. Why keep ‘em? I’m not going to like hearing them on shuffle, and I can’t resell them (legally, and I’ve been a lot of things but never a thief.)
I’m with Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Cross store purchasing, please? Or are there reasons for it not being feasible?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I’ve never used iTunes, since I don’t have an iPod (I’m a Microsoft Zune girl). I usually use Amazon MP3 downloads, because I don’t really understand how the Zune Marketplace works. You have to purchase Zune credits or something, and I don’t get it. But I still like to buy CD’s. I like to see the album art, and I just love getting a new CD and putting it in the stereo and sitting down with the lyrics the first time I listen to it.
Perhaps I will convert to iTunes if I find out that some obscure/hard to find stuff is available there. For example, can I purchase The Fine Art of Falling Apart or Silent Army in the Trees or If I was a Tidal Wave on iTunes? Or anywhere?
My favorite thing at the moment? Podcasts of full live concerts from npr’s All Songs Considered - they are fantastic! I’ve got about 20 of them on my Zune right now.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I will be sad the day that downloading music completely takes over and a lot of music won’t be available on CD. I enjoy listening to a full album. I enjoy the feeling of opening a CD case for the first time to see what the disc looks like, and to read through the booklet to see who was involved, and who is thanked. CD’s are my collection.
I have never really been into downloading music. When I do, it’s usually to check out a new band to see if I should buy an album. I still use a discman, something that has become kind of rare. They don’t even sell them in a lot of stores anymore.
Maybe I’m just getting old, and am afraid of letting go of something that I’ve held so dear for so many years. Then again, maybe my feelings are justified. I don’t know.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I look forward to opening a cd to find out who did the artwork on the cover, the thank you’s etc..
I had no idea that Rod Bruno is a voice in the song “I’m not safer than a bank”.. I haven’t listened to that song enough, obviously…. okay I admit it, I skip that one sometimes… no idea why… :o(. sorreeeeeee
p.s. who took the pic on the front over of HM?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
i still have my yellow sony sports walkman too, and it still works (although i dont actually use it).
things become obsolete anyway. there really is no point in getting the ‘next new thing’ really. i have an ipod mini and those have become extinct, but i still use it. it’s still functional; does what it needs to.
sadly, it’s only a matter of time when music is 100% sold online. i was really sad seeing music world shut down…and especially more sad seeing the sam the record man toronto flagship store shut down… eventually others, like hmv will follow (unless their gaming strategy is sufficient enough to keep open)…
hard copy is where it’s at; it’s the security of permanence. i agree with pyemaster; if/when all will collapse, everything would be lost, unrecoverable…
April 4th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
That’s actaully painted isn’t it?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Yes, painted…and not from a picture. I believe..
I also appreciate the art involved. For as many jewel-cases I throw away, I have as many liner notes.
Thick sleeves, thin covers, carboard jackets…
I miss the fiction in this blog.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
iTunes store is great for getting people’s music out there promoting some artists, but I hate their software when trying to use it with their hardware …. I had to change a drive letter just to get it to show up. Drag and drop, what is so evil about it?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Amazon will surpass iTunes with their DRM free music if ITunes doesn’t change.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Jeremy Crowle painted the picture he took of Matthew for the album cover of Hospital Music.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
the industry has gone from a singles based business… (50’s early 60’s) to album oriented (60,70,80,90’s), back to single-centric…
don’t throw away your skinny ties!!!!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Earlier today I was driving in my car for therapy [that would be blasting MG anything!] and some of my CD’s skip b/c of poor storage. My first thought was, I’ll buy one of those ipod things and download the songs I want and then I thought, I’d be downloading all the songs b/c I love each and every one! So, the next time I find myself in a music store, I need to replace two MG cds…no question! As for the ipod…perhaps in the future and it can be for other tunes that I enjoy occassionally but truthfully, I don’t listen to anything but MG these days.
FYI: I’m a stay-at-home mom and my two girls: 2 and 4 are pretty much always with me [my choice]. When we run our errands, they are exposed to my excellent musical taste :-). My 2 year old hums to the songs and they both sing “I swim with the fishies cuz the fish are alright, oh my my just to get you to bite”. It’s a sight and quite priceless b/c they motion their hands to bite. I must admit though that I have to turn the volume down on the one song when you reference to “don’t fuck the princess, fuck the maid” for very obvious reasons :-) My 4 year old is a princess fanatic and I’m thinking, not a good line for her to ponder……LOL
April 4th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I am double posting here, sorry I didn’t realize this was an update and already wrote this in the “things I have never done for a case of beer”
Alright, I’m gonna throw my two cents in here. I haven’t read all entries on this topic, so forgive me if someone else went down this road already.
I am completely ready for music to go 100% digital. Although I do love the feeling of buying a new CD and adding it to my collection, I think it is a little greedy of us to say it is a bad thing to download because it hurts record companies. LOOK AT WHAT RECORD COMPANIES HAVE DONE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. It is all a business to them, and I’m sorry, when your target market it preteen girls, music is going to SUFFER!!! And All this carbon copy shit with a different name is driving me crazy and is killing music, I personally would like to say goodbye to “Theory of a Nickle Creed”. It ISNT creative, it is a few people who start off creative, then realize they have a nact at songwriting, then write songs for a bunch of other shitty bands so they can make more money.
Music should be 100% in the artists hands, they shouldn’t have to worry about whether their label thinks their songs are too long or too political or not true to their target audience. Artists that go digital can have 100% creative control, they can take as long as they want to release a record, and they can charge as much as they want because they dont have to pay for record companies, manufacturers, distribution all that stuff! Like Matt said, this is already taking off with the success of NIN and Radiohead. I think the digital age of music will lead to a much healthier music industry in whole, one that is actually based on talent, creativity and hard work, not on how much a record company invests to promote carbon copy radio shit!
For those that like the jacket inserts, I’m sure that is something that can come in future releases, it can’t be too hard to make a PDF file for what would have been the jacket in the CD. And if your so concerned about having a hard copy, make your own CD!
Ahh, that felt good.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
[quote comment="48858"]Apparently I’m one of the few in my generation that can’t get over not having a physical something for the money I’ve spent. There’s really no reason I need a cd, since I rip it and through the music on my iPod the moment I get home anyway, but I just like having the cd. What’s that about?[/quote]
I agree. To me, it’s almost like it’s not worth it unless I have physical evidence of my purchase. I get a fuzzy feeling when I buy a new CD, and I’ll be quite sad if the day comes when that doesn’t happen anymore :[
April 4th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Good job Matty. Proud of you. I was just talking to my mom, she just moved my brother into a home in North Delta…all I have to say is thank god for good parents. That is the key to dealing with mental illness. Good parents.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
For me music moves me. Not just dancing or putting a record on.
The record store for me is a destination. A place to wander around with (hopefully) like minded souls at a great independent music store (A.K.A and Repo Records are great stores in Philly).
Looking at what’s new, what’s old. Thinking about what’s coming out.
iTunes is cool, to a point.
Downloading is modern, sure. It also makes people lazy. Browsing is limited. No record store clerk or obsessed music fans talking about their favorites. Nothing catches your eye.
It seems people aren’t excited for music anymore.
I don’t care about what the industry wants people to listen to. I like what I like.
No one seems to look deeper anymore.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I havent purchased a physical cd for almost 2 years.. I find it more convenient online, to be stored on the HD.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
[quote comment="48898"]I am double posting here, sorry I didn’t realize this was an update and already wrote this in the “things I have never done for a case of beer”
Alright, I’m gonna throw my two cents in here. I haven’t read all entries on this topic, so forgive me if someone else went down this road already.
I am completely ready for music to go 100% digital. Although I do love the feeling of buying a new CD and adding it to my collection, I think it is a little greedy of us to say it is a bad thing to download because it hurts record companies. LOOK AT WHAT RECORD COMPANIES HAVE DONE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. It is all a business to them, and I’m sorry, when your target market it preteen girls, music is going to SUFFER!!! And All this carbon copy shit with a different name is driving me crazy and is killing music, I personally would like to say goodbye to “Theory of a Nickle Creed”. It ISNT creative, it is a few people who start off creative, then realize they have a nact at songwriting, then write songs for a bunch of other shitty bands so they can make more money.
Music should be 100% in the artists hands, they shouldn’t have to worry about whether their label thinks their songs are too long or too political or not true to their target audience. Artists that go digital can have 100% creative control, they can take as long as they want to release a record, and they can charge as much as they want because they dont have to pay for record companies, manufacturers, distribution all that stuff! Like Matt said, this is already taking off with the success of NIN and Radiohead. I think the digital age of music will lead to a much healthier music industry in whole, one that is actually based on talent, creativity and hard work, not on how much a record company invests to promote carbon copy radio shit!
For those that like the jacket inserts, I’m sure that is something that can come in future releases, it can’t be too hard to make a PDF file for what would have been the jacket in the CD. And if your so concerned about having a hard copy, make your own CD!
Ahh, that felt good.[/quote]
I always referred to that band as “Theory of a Defaulted Nickleback”
I agree, the paperwork will be available to download, to get album art or liner notes.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I bought all your stuff off iTunes and am in the process of rebuying every album as ‘hard copy’. It takes a while cos they have to be imported (and they cost more, but hey), so I will have bought everything twice. No probs. The CDs are better quality than iTunes downloads by the way. Personally, I also like the added value that iTunes gives, in the way of being able to buy music videos for my shiny new iPod Touch. Next on the shopping list is a shiny new MacBookPro to replace my iBook. I need to lose another stone in weight to earn that one (long story).
:0)
xx
April 4th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I’ll hop on the bandwagon when online music stores offer a larger selection of lossless digital audio formats. Why no FLAC, I say?
But few players can support FLAC or even Ogg, anyway.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:13 am
I’m loving the irony - the year iTunes is named the #1 retailer is the year I recieved a turntable for Christmas.
I have downloaded from iTunes in the past, but I gave up with downloading altogether when I came to the realization that there’s just some music that was not meant to be compressed into little wee computer files.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:15 am
You mean people actually STILL PAY for music these days?! *Looks at newly acquired Johnny Cash CD* Oh…..
April 5th, 2008 at 3:34 am
I still think computers are scary. I’m not exactly a computer whiz. If I hit the wrong button by mistake…BAM, everything is gone. I too love going into the store and buying a CD and tearing it open in the car and scanning the jacket for the lyrics, thanks yous, etc. As for your earlier entry about the car. Death is only scary to some because they are taught that it is. You know damn well Matt if you were to write that today you got 1% milk instead of your usual 2 % someone here (no offence) would say ” my God, it’s a sign for something “. I love this site because you write only the truth, with no bullshit or sugar coating. And maybe you should take just a tiny break to feel better !!!
April 5th, 2008 at 4:49 am
Hooray for sub-CD quality songs becoming the norm… or something. Maybe I am in the minority on this issue but I consider this bad news. The sound quality is not there on Apple’s iTunes store and they have done nothing to address users with disabilities who can’t even use the iTunes program. It’s really frustrating as someone who would gladly buy music there — especially considering many artists are also featuring exclusive material on iTunes that I can’t get.
Maybe I’d be happier if the sound quality was better and the program could actually be used by disabled users but since neither are realities this news just sucks for me.
April 5th, 2008 at 5:57 am
I still go through ishuffles quickly. I think they’re built pretty crappy but at least the customer service agents sound cute.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:54 am
[quote comment="48895"]Earlier today I was driving in my car for therapy [that would be blasting MG anything!] and some of my CD’s skip b/c of poor storage. My first thought was, I’ll buy one of those ipod things and download the songs I want and then I thought, I’d be downloading all the songs b/c I love each and every one! So, the next time I find myself in a music store, I need to replace two MG cds…no question! As for the ipod…perhaps in the future and it can be for other tunes that I enjoy occassionally but truthfully, I don’t listen to anything but MG these days.
FYI: I’m a stay-at-home mom and my two girls: 2 and 4 are pretty much always with me [my choice]. When we run our errands, they are exposed to my excellent musical taste :-). My 2 year old hums to the songs and they both sing “I swim with the fishies cuz the fish are alright, oh my my just to get you to bite”. It’s a sight and quite priceless b/c they motion their hands to bite. I must admit though that I have to turn the volume down on the one song when you reference to “don’t fuck the princess, fuck the maid” for very obvious reasons :-) My 4 year old is a princess fanatic and I’m thinking, not a good line for her to ponder……LOL[/quote]
ha ha ha… love your story Jennifer. I too am a stay at home mom who works occassionally when work needs me…. my son is 4 and could go head to head with your 4 year old in competition for the biggest 4 year old MG fan….. I have to turn down champions and the ‘princess’ song too… although the ‘turn tail tomorrow/whores’ song could be pretty embarrassing too if he starts singing that line somewhere. lol
Anyways, when do we take these kids to their first MG concert? I say 6 or 7…
There ya go, man.. you will always have fans…….
p.s. Quoting Christian: “Browsing is limited. No record store clerk or obsessed music fans talking about their favorites. Nothing catches your eye.”……… I’m with you on the store clerk and obsessed fans…… I love buying my cd and the employee making any kind of comment on it… and talking about the artist.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:04 am
[quote comment="48859"]I found stuff I could not find in most stores on iTunes!
I proudly own Jussi Bjorling’s 22-song CD (or two) with an amazing Swedish cover of Oh Holy Night! He hits that B-flat with perfection (and yet Wednesday I kept trying and all I would do is overdrive it!)
I’m always overdriving above the G. Luckily my throat heals quickly.
Matt, how do you handle passing the passachio (passing F/F# below high C)? Hit F# on While We Were Hunting Rabbits. Those you can sing open, but how do you pass that without damage?[/quote]
Oh, nice…Oh Holy Night is my favorite carol…it gives me shivers (especially “fall on your knees…..”)
I have an Itunes library but gave up my credit cards some time ago (as a single Mom, they were handy but often meant I spent money I shouldn’t have and so I just resist the urge now by not having them).
I did buy an Itunes card, but had trouble with it (I think it was for the US Itunes store or something?…when I returned it the clerk had trouble too).
But I certainly wish I could use Itunes and am considering trying the card idea again, to see if maybe it wasn’t a defective one that I had.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:08 am
oh and satch…I’m STILL using a yellow Sony Walkman!! It’s been dropped off my bike, kicked down stairs, etc. and it still rocks. I’m old school too!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:22 am
My left ear is totally screwed from too many concerts in my early DAZE…. I’m sorry, what is a walkman?
April 5th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I will be very sad when I am no longer able to buy physical copies of my albums. It seriously may spoil music collecting for me. I get almost as much joy out of finding and collecting the albums as I do listening to them. Nobody is all that impressed by an iTunes library with thousands of songs because everyone has that. When you have myriad of jewel cases to back it up though, THEN people know that you like music.
Plus there is something unsettling about paying for something that you don’t actually own…it mere exists as a fragile segment of information on your hard drive. Sure, CD’s are also fragile, but with the care that I take with mine, I’m far more concerned with something happening to my computer. With a CD, if I get tired of it and erase it from my hard drive, I can always pull the album out and rip it again if I change my mind. With a digital download, I would be paranoid to erase anything.
I guess I’m just old fashioned. If I pay for a painting, I want to bring the thing home and put it on whatever wall I want. I don’t want to pay to download it and be forced to make it my desktop background. Poor analogy, I know.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
[quote comment="48878"]Perhaps I will convert to iTunes if I find out that some obscure/hard to find stuff is available there. For example, can I purchase The Fine Art of Falling Apart or Silent Army in the Trees or If I was a Tidal Wave on iTunes? Or anywhere?[/quote]
The Fin Art of Falling Apart is on the second disc of in a coma.
Or if your lucky enough, might be able to find a copy of loser anthems on ebay.
April 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
[quote comment="48958"]My left ear is totally screwed from too many concerts in my early DAZE…. I’m sorry, what is a walkman?[/quote]
A walkman is a portable “cassette tape” player.
A cassettee tape is….
(remember those things?….sometimes the deck would “eat” them and you’d have to rewind them back with a pencil)
April 5th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I agree with many of you guys, I still prefer my good old CDs. Sure, the iPod is nice for portability of a large number of songs, but when I am driving, I find that nothing can compare to the sound quality of the CD.
April 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
[quote comment="48908"]For me music moves me. Not just dancing or putting a record on.
The record store for me is a destination. A place to wander around with (hopefully) like minded souls at a great independent music store (A.K.A and Repo Records are great stores in Philly).
Looking at what’s new, what’s old. Thinking about what’s coming out.
iTunes is cool, to a point.
Downloading is modern, sure. It also makes people lazy. Browsing is limited. No record store clerk or obsessed music fans talking about their favorites. Nothing catches your eye.
It seems people aren’t excited for music anymore.
I don’t care about what the industry wants people to listen to. I like what I like.
No one seems to look deeper anymore.[/quote]
I completely agree.
April 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
[quote comment="48975"][quote comment="48958"]My left ear is totally screwed from too many concerts in my early DAZE…. I’m sorry, what is a walkman?[/quote]
A walkman is a portable “cassette tape” player.
A cassettee tape is….
(remember those things?….sometimes the deck would “eat” them and you’d have to rewind them back with a pencil)[/quote]
HA HA HA … YES!!!! You’re cute…… I was kidding!!!!!! I got my first and only walkman in 1983, the year Major Tom was this huge hit, by whatever the band was called and oh that sweet song by what’s his name…. um……………… Jackson Browne……. aaaaaw, walkman Daze with Hall n Oates and all the oldies… yah
April 5th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
[quote comment="48973"][quote comment="48878"]Perhaps I will convert to iTunes if I find out that some obscure/hard to find stuff is available there. For example, can I purchase The Fine Art of Falling Apart or Silent Army in the Trees or If I was a Tidal Wave on iTunes? Or anywhere?[/quote]
The Fin Art of Falling Apart is on the second disc of in a coma.
Or if your lucky enough, might be able to find a copy of loser anthems on ebay.[/quote]
I’m completely retarded. I just got In A Coma for Christmas this year (after having it on my wish list since the day it came out - cash flow problems), but somehow didn’t realize it was on there. Amazon has some copies of loser anthems, I just checked the other day.
thanks!
April 5th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Sort of scary… Heh.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Searching Amazon for Dave Matthews Live at Radio City the other day, I noticed the part of the page shows the ‘Those that bought this title, also bought…….’ And there was Hospital Music! Also there was Neil Young’s Live at Massey Hall. Thats kind of a hint, I guess. Didn’t that show get recorded?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
[quote comment="48953"]oh and satch…I’m STILL using a yellow Sony Walkman!! It’s been dropped off my bike, kicked down stairs, etc. and it still rocks. I’m old school too![/quote]
I would still use mine if I had my cassettes with me. I left them all at my mother’s place, in what is still “my room.”
If you want listen to this..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9nrDfqoYzNo
He’s incredible. I have the double CD (iTunes version) because of this song.
I MUST practice more!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Are we allowed to call you satch..?
if you click on my pic, you will see an extended last name but my name is ’scrim’ for short. i think that is why i call you satch, because my last name gets shortened too… whose on SNL tonite?
April 6th, 2008 at 11:16 am
[quote comment="49017"]Are we allowed to call you satch..?
if you click on my pic, you will see an extended last name but my name is ’scrim’ for short. i think that is why i call you satch, because my last name gets shortened too… whose on SNL tonite?[/quote]
LOL
You can call me anything you want, except late for dinner! Just kidding.
Satchboogie is a song by Joe Satriani (a virtuoso guitarist) and the “ca” was added because “satchboogie” was taken already with yahoo when I created the email.
My real name is Robert, but you can call me “Satch” here if you like. Don’t do it in public because there is only one real Satch and that’s Joe Satriani.
April 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Sorry pal, you’re late for dinner. Taco’s tonite.
Joe Satriani, my god, there is a name I haven’t heard in AGES… since 1993 at least…. I must google what he’s been up to.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
haha. After reading your first post re: the iTunes, thing- I was gonna say…”Um, Matthew? THey ARE the number one retailer in the US, as of the other day”….;0)
BUt hey Iam posting days after the fact so..
April 6th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
[quote comment="49122"]Sorry pal, you’re late for dinner. Taco’s tonite.
Joe Satriani, my god, there is a name I haven’t heard in AGES… since 1993 at least…. I must google what he’s been up to.[/quote]
MMM Taco’s, I haven’t had that in ages!
Was it Taco Time or Taco Bell or homemade?
Satch released a few albums, I really got into him in 1998 with Crystal Planet. I have a good collection, including the newer ones, last one I think was 2006 or so, Is There Love In Space, I think. I don’t know, I just check every so often if I think of it while in a music store.
I don’t grab the CD’s and listen like I used to. I’m more into MG and trying to be a song writer/singer/guitarist instead of shredder.
April 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I still can’t understand why many people prefer to buy digital music over CDs. Considering that the price of both are comparable, it seems daft to buy digital over physical. You get considerably more for your money with a CD: a sturdy, tangible medium, liner notes you can touch and feel, and best of all, you’re able to have the music digitally in any format or quality level you want. And as encoding improves, you can still re-rip that same CD to make even better sounding digital files. With digital downloads, you’re forever stuck with the format and quality at the time of purchase.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Totally…… I love driving along, pulling out my cd at a light, reading what a song says and have people yell out the window at me ‘Do I see Mr. Good personally signed that cd of yours?’.. That was really cool….. another cool thing was pulling up to a light once beside someone listening to the exact same song (Metal Airplanes) and him holding up his cd to me like he was a kid in a candy store… Wayne’s world holding up his VIP pass at an Alice Cooper concert…. Me the nerd that I am did the exact same thing back… Aw, just spreadin the looooooove.
Satch, I made home made… they sucked…. i buy the ‘kit’ thingy ma bobby where you dump the package of ’stuff’ into the ground beef….. ICK….. REALLY!! So, not entirely home made… I tried.. :o(
In the words of Mojo Risin: “Let’s go get some TACOOOOOO’S”.
Juno’s anyone? I’m waiting for Jann…..
April 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
p.s. I was mistaken earlier.. Last time I heard Satriani was in 95 when I was in Future Shop and one of the workers cranked up a tv to show a customer the sound quality…. there was a commericial playing featuring that one huge hit by Joe… can’t remember the name… can’t even remember the commercial…..
April 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
[quote comment="49211"]p.s. I was mistaken earlier.. Last time I heard Satriani was in 95 when I was in Future Shop and one of the workers cranked up a tv to show a customer the sound quality…. there was a commericial playing featuring that one huge hit by Joe… can’t remember the name… can’t even remember the commercial…..[/quote]
I looked it up, Sony used Summer Song (from the album The Extremist) in one of their commercials.
Good song! The Detroit RedWings were using the song in their commercial too, I eventually liked the song, but never the RedWings :P
April 7th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
[quote comment="49210"]Totally…… I love driving along, pulling out my cd at a light, reading what a song says and have people yell out the window at me ‘Do I see Mr. Good personally signed that cd of yours?’.. That was really cool….. another cool thing was pulling up to a light once beside someone listening to the exact same song (Metal Airplanes) and him holding up his cd to me like he was a kid in a candy store… Wayne’s world holding up his VIP pass at an Alice Cooper concert…. Me the nerd that I am did the exact same thing back… Aw, just spreadin the looooooove.
Satch, I made home made… they sucked…. i buy the ‘kit’ thingy ma bobby where you dump the package of ’stuff’ into the ground beef….. ICK….. REALLY!! So, not entirely home made… I tried.. :o(
In the words of Mojo Risin: “Let’s go get some TACOOOOOO’S”.
Juno’s anyone? I’m waiting for Jann…..[/quote]
Oh really? They were not good? My step mom used to get my dad to buy El Paso shells, then she’d microwave the shells in a plastic container, no lid, and she’s use El Paso spice mix with some ground beef. Then we put our own chopped up veggies and add probably El Paso salsa.
I haven’t had home-made Taco’s in ages, probably since I was last living with my dad, 1997.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
[quote comment="49349"][quote comment="49211"]p.s. I was mistaken earlier.. Last time I heard Satriani was in 95 when I was in Future Shop and one of the workers cranked up a tv to show a customer the sound quality…. there was a commericial playing featuring that one huge hit by Joe… can’t remember the name… can’t even remember the commercial…..[/quote]
I looked it up, Sony used Summer Song (from the album The Extremist) in one of their commercials.
Good song! The Detroit RedWings were using the song in their commercial too, I eventually liked the song, but never the RedWings :P[/quote]
YES!!!! Summer song.. that’s the one!!!!!
April 7th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Satch, thanks for the taco lesson… wow, this is the last place I ever thought I’d be talking about taco’s!!!!!!!