Lately I was thinking about what it means to be a fan, to be really dedicated and passionate about a music or a given band. Few days ago, I talked to a self-proclamed "massive music fan". He mentionned Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses, REM and such but doesn't have any of their albums. On the other hand, he has a huge mp3 library which he plays on shuffle, most of the time without noticing what's playing. The library is pretty mixed up: pop, dance music, hard rock etc. Most of it are radio hits. He told me that he never spent money on cds. He feels a little guilty for not supporting the artist.
Then I asked myself what it means to be a music fan. Then I became depressed about how superficial (as in "being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually") people are when it comes music. I'm not being an elitist here, it is an observable fact. I mean, in the most cases, people's musical horizons are strictly limited to what they are fed up to, radio, mtv etc. For them, if it does not exists within the mainstream, it does not exists at all, or it's not worthy of attention for that matter. Those people has bunch of cds (most of the time not exceding 15 cds) that they bought because they felt strongly about that #1 hit song, rambles a bit about how fucking killer the whole album is and then, 2-3 weeks after leave it on the self. Howerver, I know several peoples who really are fan of a given mainstream band. But those are always the first in line to get the damn cd the day it comes out, even despite the fact that they had the leaked mp3 for weeks...and I truly respect that, regardless of the band. But what about someone who accumulates burned cds and mp3s ad infinitum? For exemple, I knew someone who had nearly 3000 burned cds. What about those? Would you say they are music fans? Are they accumulating just for the sake of it?
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Then I asked myself what it means to be a music fan. Then I became depressed about how superficial (as in "being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually") people are when it comes music. I'm not being an elitist here, it is an observable fact. I mean, in the most cases, people's musical horizons are strictly limited to what they are fed up to, radio, mtv etc. For them, if it does not exists within the mainstream, it does not exists at all, or it's not worthy of attention for that matter. Those people has bunch of cds (most of the time not exceding 15 cds) that they bought because they felt strongly about that #1 hit song, rambles a bit about how fucking killer the whole album is and then, 2-3 weeks after leave it on the self. Howerver, I know several peoples who really are fan of a given mainstream band. But those are always the first in line to get the damn cd the day it comes out, even despite the fact that they had the leaked mp3 for weeks...and I truly respect that, regardless of the band. But what about someone who accumulates burned cds and mp3s ad infinitum? For exemple, I knew someone who had nearly 3000 burned cds. What about those? Would you say they are music fans? Are they accumulating just for the sake of it?
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