I routinely go out to hear live music. It's my thing. I hear about three to five unsigned acts each night. Most of them are meh...one of them will be worth a CD purchase.
But then...you get that one band that renews your faith in youth and hope in new music. I buy a shirt and CD. It's capitalism, not Spotify, erm, socialism, erm..whatever.
I was exposed to a few really cool bands I'd never had known about as a kid, because I had friends who turned me on to the Dead Kennedys etc. That spirit, is largely dead.
I don't want to die with it.
Live music is the best! Even the little ones hoping to make it big someday!
For the purpose of this thread, my husband tells me that his vinyl collection is roughly 400 albums. Most of them are older ones from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but our kids give us newer groups, now.
Two things of note:
1.) Each of our three kids have working turntables and the accompanying technology to listen their own vinyl. It’s a family thing for us, and the kids all think it’s really cool.
2.) My husband loves both analog and wireless technology. So he has his speakers hooked up to play both versions at his whim. When he wants vinyl, his speakers pump out whatever’s on the turntable. When he wants wireless, his speakers (10 throughout our home) pump out whatever he wants from his phone collection.