Piracy is the new radio, says Neil Young

[Hyfi]

At my workplace, during the Christmas Holidays, we had a series of fundraisers to raise money for giving to local charitable causes. I thought it would be a good idea to try to introduce my workmates to Hi SQ CD's. I then "bought" new Alison Krauss, Ottmar Liebert, Pat Metheny, Fiona Joy Hawkins, and Cassandra Wilson Cd's-- all for a raffle as a donation to collect money for families. I even went so far as to burn copies from my existing collection so people could sample the music and hopefully participate in the raffle.

Well, no such luck. Only about 5-6 people out of approximately 50 in my workplace paid a couple of bucks to try to win the whole set of CD's. Most everyone has their smartphone hooked up to the PC with earplugs and they don't give a hoot about SQ or musical artistry.

When ever I get introduced to new music and if I really enjoy it off I go to buying original CD's that I otherwise would not have since I had no prior exposure to that musicians art.

Yeah, pretty pathetic that most peoples idea of a good system is an iPhone and Dr Dre ear buds....or whatever.

I have had so many people tell me they are not all that concerned about SQ, only that they like the music. But after they sit in my living room and hear their music played, they realize that they have only ever heard half of anything they thought they were familiar with. And that is just with a run of the mill CD.

Is that raffle still open?

[LeRoy]

Is that raffle still open?

Nope, all 6 tickets sold out in 5 days time! lol