The Sophisticated Audiophile

New Release: Cilla K – New World Lullabies

Cilla K recently released her new album titled New World Lullabies on bandcamp. Listen to the samples below. You can purchase it here.

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McIntosh Labs – Past, Present and Future

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We Should All Pay For Music

The impetus for this blog post was a statement a friend made when visiting me earlier this week. The friend shall remain nameless. She saw my rack of records and said “Wow, you still buy music? Why buy it, when you can get it for free? I’ll never pay for music.” I wasn’t shocked. Attitudes like that aren’t the minority unfortunately. In fact, it’s the norm. Whenever the narrative of low record sales is given, it’s always given from the POV of a major label, rarely is it given from the POV of the artist. On the rare occasion that it’s given from the POV of the artist, a big name, chart topping musician is usually the example, as if most musicians are rich. It completely ignores the reality that most labels are independent and aren’t full of fat cats, and most musicians are struggling. If you want to be rich, get a job on Wall Street. Most musicians I know have day jobs.
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