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To: Doren who wrote (57683)	10/6/2006 8:15:44 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

most people over the age of 30 don't listen to music anymore at all. pop music is intended for young, stupid people. BTW I havent bought a music CD since 1995. I used to have about 500 CDs, but I ripped them all to disk and then sold them at the local music store. I also havent bought a DVD in 4 years. I just netflix them and then rip them to my hard drive.

To: Doren who wrote (57683)	10/6/2006 8:26:53 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

This is ABSOLUTELY the death of music. This narrows and narrows and narrows your focus so that you never go out of your musical comfort zone. I think it really depends on the nature of music recommendation engine. There's a big difference between an algorithm like "Listener only seems to like britpop. Ergo, I'll only recommend what record companies consider to be Britpop." vs. the Amazon model of "people who like your highly rated music also rate the following highly..." The latter algorithm based on cross-referencing other users allows for adaptation, variety, and avoids pigeon-holing, IMO. In other words, the breadth of your music exposure is limited only by the breadth of your brethren :). Out of curiosity, what is your current way of discovering music that challenges you? Randomly download unfamiliar songs from iTunes?