To CD, Or Not to CD – That’s the Question
Aug 20By the time those three big boxes from the disc manufacturing plant made it to my front door (lots of stairs… huff, puff!), I’d already answered the question of course. In the digital age, there is less and less demand for actual, physical CDs, since people can easily download the music they want online. Still, it’s always good to have a choice. Call me old fashioned, but I wanted the closure that comes with completing an album, and then offering it to the public in all its shrink-wrapped glory… just like they did back in the 20th century of my youth .
Besides, there’s something about having a product you can hold in your hand, and tuck away along with all the rest of the CDs in your collection. Filing a single copy of my newest disc under “C” – between albums created by artists like Dave Carter and Crosby, Stills and Nash – may not help me get this music on the radio, or into the homes of more folk music listeners. But it sure feels good.