Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Rod Stasick <>]

Bandcamp downloads come in a nice variety of forms -

from compressed to uncompressed: 

two different kinds of mp3s, FLAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis,

ALAC, WAV, and AIFF. With them all being the same price, 

this is a good thing, so if you’re getting to the point

where physical media just takes up too much room,

then this is a good alternative. I still buy LPs from them tho.

I was excited to see Mode show up there, 

because Bandcamp has become the best alternative

with a growing base of support. Hopefully, when all

of the available titles are shown, there’ll be a bulk 

discount price attached soon.

The community and up-to-date knowledge 

derived from Bandcamp is quite astounding.

It reminds me, in some ways, of the personal-influence 

of free-form radio from the late 60s/early 70s.

I’m seeing that effect on a good number of 

younger people over the past decade.

My collection from them is approaching 1000

and many end up in mixes or in broadcasts -

often because of their newness and inventiveness.

Plus, I can load up all of the almost 1000, hit random,

and let them play through all of the speakers in the house.

Rod

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