Re: Collecting music where to now....
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:56 pm
^^ Fergus, I am really quite reluctant to do this and I'll tell you why.
Books: I no longer purchase paperbacks, preferring to download onto my Amazon Kindle. Some books I will delete after having read once, others I will leave on the device to perhaps read again in the future, but no work of fiction ever gets more than 2 reads from me.
Films: I have stopped buying DVDs, preferring to stream online. At most, I will watch a DVD twice... a couple of masterpieces 3 times, but then always sell the DVD, as I'd rather circulate the money round, instead of having them collect dust. I know World Cinema is an interest of yours too, so you might be interested in checking out this fabulous site:
http://mubi.com/home
for a very small fee, you can watch over 500 superb films and as many shorts from around the world. this is how I now tend to view my films. If I want to watch a new release and pay for it, then I will use the Virgin, Blinkbox or Film4 sites, but this doesn't happen very often.
Music: My classical collection DOES NOT fit into the books or films camp, because it is timeless, hopefully will stay with me for life and live up to repeated listens. As a consequence, I want the hard copy merchandise with me, for as long as it is made. I don't want to buy a Brennan (or whatever) and download it all onto one box.
Books: I no longer purchase paperbacks, preferring to download onto my Amazon Kindle. Some books I will delete after having read once, others I will leave on the device to perhaps read again in the future, but no work of fiction ever gets more than 2 reads from me.
Films: I have stopped buying DVDs, preferring to stream online. At most, I will watch a DVD twice... a couple of masterpieces 3 times, but then always sell the DVD, as I'd rather circulate the money round, instead of having them collect dust. I know World Cinema is an interest of yours too, so you might be interested in checking out this fabulous site:
http://mubi.com/home
for a very small fee, you can watch over 500 superb films and as many shorts from around the world. this is how I now tend to view my films. If I want to watch a new release and pay for it, then I will use the Virgin, Blinkbox or Film4 sites, but this doesn't happen very often.
Music: My classical collection DOES NOT fit into the books or films camp, because it is timeless, hopefully will stay with me for life and live up to repeated listens. As a consequence, I want the hard copy merchandise with me, for as long as it is made. I don't want to buy a Brennan (or whatever) and download it all onto one box.