I have joined the downloading generation! A decade after the heyday of free downloads via Napster, and with my daughters' being gifted iPods for Christmas, I have started what I am sure will be a very long process of setting up a huge iTunes playlist on my computer. So far, I have 35 songs on my own playlist; my goal is to purchase music that is an adjunct to my already far-too-large CD collection. With it becoming increasingly difficult to find music in the real world, I guess that my late-entry in to this particular form of musical commerce is all to the good. Without further ado, some samples from my playlist.
First, Steven Wilson, leader of Porcupine Tree, from a solo album Insurgentes, this is "Salvaging":
An oldy but definitely a goody, Mahogany Rush's "Dragonfly":
IQ's "Closer" - the sound quality on this is really poor, but the song is pretty enough to make up for it (mostly):
