Much stimulating discussion on the value of art today, which has strengthened my appreciation of capitalism (notice I didnt say capitalist crime or capitalist corruption) and the power of the marketplace even further. In the pre-Napster days, the very fact that one had no other option but to trade something of value (money) for another thing of value (recorded music, for one example) carried with it the likelihood that both parties (the purchaser and seller) would have a higher appreciation of the product itself, the process of creating & distributing the product, and the satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) of the listener. If you give somebody something for free and they say I appreciate it, thats something.... but if that somebody says I appreciate this thing so much that Im willing to sacrifice something of value in order to reap the benefits that Ill get from this thing, thats REALLY something. Its the difference between the feeling I used to get from having saved up my allowance money in order to finally hear that record that people have been telling me about for months VERSUS having billions of free MP3 files & YouTube clips at my fingertips and being apathetic about all of them. My question is..... now that the cat is irreversibly out of the bag (ie, Google & YouTube wont be falling off the radar anytime soon), how can we regain our sense of deep appreciation for art & artists? And of COURSE I have a skewed perspective on this..... its entirely possible that your average 12-year-old reveres his/her free MP3 files (and the creators thereof) just as much as I revered my saved up & earned it CDs & records from way back when, but Ive got no real way to know for sure. But yeah, ramble ramble ramble. Thoughts?
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:54:11 +0000
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