Let’s work this one out: the world as one giant music store…
Who are the best sales-people (or, the best person to sell a piece of music to you) in the store / world?
- the Artist (seeing an Artist perform live)
- trusted and knowledgeable staff (music taste experts / media)
- friends with similar music tastes / interests (non-media)
Is there anything more to this? Does it ever go beyond this?

for me it is #3. I talk with friends about music….then I explore the web…then if I want the music I buy it either digitally or on vinyl. I prefer vinyl because I am a collector of things, and a great piece of vinyl with artwork etc is soooo nice in this age of faceless albums.
- jp