In the past days of major label monopalization of the market, most folks were monitarally limited to the amount of new muzak they could listen to by the simple fact that, most folks could only afford a couple 20 dollar albums a month. (if that) Technology has changed and thus our ability to get to and absorb more free music than ever before is at hand. In some sense this can seem to create an overload of signals and impulses, confusing those who are ill-equipped to absorb and dissect such a large array of auditory endeavors. Also making it more difficult to decipher and discern which artists are truly pushing boundaries and pushing music in general, and which are more motivated by love of self rather than love of aRt. -There has always been ligitimate, original musical talents, and then there’s always been the hacks.. or at the minium, those who imitate and regurgitate the true ground breakers until the point where entire genres of music are high-jacked, ran into the ground, and then abandoned.

However this discussion being more about the available amount of free music vs the salable kind, and the effects there of. And with the Signal to Static ratio seemingly pushed far into the static side with the amount of available music out there currently, it’s easy to assume that there’s an overload of choice. Thus creating forest which smothers it’s trees.. And this could be true to some extent, but imo not to unmitigatable levels. So then the question becomes: If i’m having to pick a world where there’s too much music to choose from, or a world with a limited, finte amount?.. I’ll choose the world with too much music every time. -especially one in which more of the power over the art/music itself is ever more in the hands of the artists creating it, rather than the corporations who monopolize, assimilate, and then artistically bankrupt it.

What it comes down to in the end in my opinion is: There will also always be a need for music in human society. So does the media by which the music is available really effect music’s purpose in our lives that much?

For me, the negative impact is greater in a world where people are denied access to free music, than one in where free music is more readily available. After all, poor folks are prolly the ones who need the positive powers of music in their lives more than anyone.

Freedom of information leads to freedom of informed thought, which in turn leads to a more streamlined human evolution as a whole.

much love and respekt to all – gaR Bailey aka alGARhythm