>I responded to you due to this: "some people pretend to care
>about music...others do" Maybe I took it a little more
>harshly than you meant it, but it sounds a lot like "if you
>are content to settle for mp3s, you don't actually care about
>music." Correct me if I completely misinterpreted you.
>

I meant it in the sense that some people see music as entertainment and others see it as art.

I find that those who take it as entertainment would download whatever for free, not care about purchasing, not care about liner notes, not care about quality and just want whatever is hot.


>I'm with you there. I love packaging. (I do CD and 7 inch
>layouts for an independent label, too.)
>

Nice. Anything I would know?


>I'm not really all that concerned, it's just something I think
>about idly when I'm bored at work. That said - if I had a lot
>more free time and someone had a good idea for how to conduct
>that kind of study, I'd probably do it, because I think it
>would be pretty interesting and enlightening. I feel like
>people are really psychologically susceptible to things they
>read about. The placebo effect, sort of. It would be
>interesting to me to find out if there's anything behind the
>standard audiophile hobby horses, or if they're bunk - or
>(more probably) if it's kind of a mix. My head won't explode
>if I never find out, though.
>

I can get with that. And I strongly agree. The psychology that goes into people's musical opinions is something that really interests me as well.

>You seem to be misinterpreting my tone, like, a lot. I'm not
>upset. I'm barely invested. I just like talking about the
>subject since I spend a lot of time listening to music, and
>talking about it on message boards and whatnot. You can't
>post anywhere related to music without this subject coming up
>in one form or another.
>

Yea my bad if I misinterpreted your tone. I didn't really think you were mad, just frustrated enough to pull someone's card. this topic isn't going anywhere. it's a. a generation gap and b. a gap between, like i said, those that see music as art and those that see it as entertainment.

>Anyway, I do believe some people have a good ear. I also
>believe that most people who go on about these subjects
>probably don't have nearly as good of an ear as they think
>they do. I'm open to the possibility that I'm completely
>wrong though.
>

Yea, you're probably right.

>I'm not that dismissive.
>

no doubt.