Does the abundance of music devalue it?

[John Duncan]

Dalesman:Abundance of anything devalues it.A diamond is precious because its rare.

Actually I think you'll find diamonds are precious (well, expensive) because the supply (and therefore price) are strictly controlled by diamond merchants...

 

[SteveR750]

JohnDuncan:Dalesman:Abundance of anything devalues it.A diamond is precious because its rare.Actually I think you'll find diamonds are precious (well, expensive) because the supply (and therefore price) are strictly controlled by diamond merchants...

and value is measurable in more ways than ££s

 

[Anonymous]

i dont think abundance devalues but getting it for free does,ie filesharing etc,everyones got a bit of something in their answers,i,d say there,s less new music about than before but its more available,there,s less structure to it...i.m in my 40s and would still prefer to take a punt on an album if i heard a good song off it,i can think of loads of my favourite stuff which took me months too get into,which todays passing listener would just discard because it cost nothing...think of your albums probably the least fave tracks are the singles because they were overplayed...but them same songs are "everyones favourites"

 

[SteveR750]

I actually believe the reverse - now that music is so easily obtainable, I find I am listening to a lot more stuff and far more varied than I would have done if I had to shell out several £s each time for a whole album. Anything that I do like, I inevitably buy the CD anyway, and I am a huge fan of lossless streaming...

 

[audioaffair]

Depends how you value it

 

[Andrew Everard]

audioaffair:Depends how you value it

A pointless post if ever I saw one.