Dadtalk

Hi everyone, now I know this is mainly the sport department of the forum but I thought I'd start a bit of a music thread. The title refers more to how us fans consume music, whether we're old school with the vinyl, if we're still on the CDs or are we down with this downloading malarkey? I'm skirting between the three, some of the classics just sound better on vinyl but my son's been getting me into downloading so I'm mixing the old and the new school .

How about you all?

Chris

I am currently trying to convert my cds onto my external harddrive so that I can then put onto my ipod.

I have a collection of vinyl that I would love to convert

My kids constantly criticise me for my choice of music!!!

I have a fairly limited selection of music and I don't really care what it's played on. I have just put some of my stuff onto an iPod as I only really listed to music in the car, and the iPod is the most convenient storage for the car.

Mario, I've only recently got to grips with downloading, this converting to different platforms/formats sounds like hard work! My kids also have a go at me for being an old fogie, that's why my son's getting me to download more 'trendy stuff'!

Have you got any vinyl actd? Don't you like listening to it while looking at the great artwork? Ah, it takes me back!

Chris

GreatOrmondSt wrote:


Looking at the artwork whilst listening doesn't go down to well while driving

I don't think I have any vinyl left - my mother still has my father's collection though which I wouldn't mind converting some time - lots of classical music and amusing stuff (Flanders & Swann, Tom Lehrer, Spike Jones, Bob Newhart etc)

I'm in between on this one. One day, in swirling mists of time, I swore I would never download, this being in the days when Napster was a really dirty word! These days, it's a different story: find a track by a band I've never heard of, download the track plus one more ... then see if it's worth getting my hands on anymore.

I still love to go round record shops. Admittedly, HMV has the worst selection. I'm a record label nerd too, I look at what is out on what labels ... some of the labels I know I will like straight away. In the past, I have happily spent thirty/forty quid on CDs by bands I have never heard of previously ... these days that's down to ten or less!

Youtube is a great source of music. I'll watch a video by a band I like, then look at the recommendations ... you can hit on some real good stuff that way!