Dreaming.In.Reality

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1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why? There are several.. they are my favourites because of a combination of things.. their lyrics, their voice, the music, how the music is performed. Female wise I guess I can list Tori Amos, Vienna Teng and Catie Curtis. Male wise, Johnny Cash, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Chris Buhalis.

2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why? Eh. there’s a few of them. Musically wise, the one person that makes me want to claw my face off is Kelly Clarkston. Nice voice, get her off the radio though.. Stick her in broadway.. Personality wise.. and by that I mean.. how they portray themselves to the public is Avril Lavigne..

3. If your favorite singer wasn’t in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person? Mm.. Well do them one by one.. Tori yes, because I’ve seen and heard enough interviews by her to know she’s a pretty damn complex person. Catie for the same reason. Vienna most likely, but I haven’t read/heard/seen too many interviews to get a good feel about her. Johnny Cash.. yes I would have. Jimmie Dale, knowing him a bit already just as a person, I can easily say yes.. Same thing for Chris.

4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show? I’ve been to a lot of shows. The best shows I would have to say I’ve ever seen though, are Ribbon of Skyway Endless Highway, any show by TOBASOL.. especially the January birthday show.. and Jimmie Dale this summer at the BluesFest.

5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music? My thoughts on albums in general are this. I would buy more cds if they were cheaper. I would buy more cds if new artists and most artists in general weren’t putting out absolute shit. Most of what I have downloaded in the past year, have been artists I wouldn’t buy the whole album of.. Jewel’s new one for example.. ugh. I would hedge a guess that most people buy their CDS in general “music” stores at malls etc.. The average list price for a CD at these shops is $16-22 USD. There are places to get the same things cheaper, but you shouldn’t have to travel out of your way, or wait 3-5 days for it to arrive at your door from amazon. Here in Canada, the average price of a Tori CD is $22-23 dollars.. Even with the exchange rate(it’d be $17usd). Too much… and $23 is $23 regardless of what kind of dollar you are paying in. So. why should I pay $23 for one song out of 15. If the CD was only $10 dollars, I’d not feel so bad about wasting my money on something that is only so so to me. Do I feel the RIAA has the right to say, “don’t download our music”?.. no. I think only the artist can say, “don’t download MY music.”