Another lesson music can learn from the movies

I don't watch to many movies, I don't typically like them. I happened to be kind of sick which left me in a position to watch a couple movies. Atonement and Reign Over Me...I will say I was impressed with these films on some levels. It would seem the "artsy" camera techniques are "in". Lots of color and non-traditional angles and such.

I am no expert on film but it's funny to me, I didn't hear anything about these movies when they were in the theaters but they are buzzing about my netflix subscribed friends. Maybe good movies are surfacing because with netflix there's not as much as a risk factor. If you rent from a video store it's a gamble. You pay three dollars or whatever it is now, to hope for a good movie. This is why I stopped renting for the most part. I got tired of loosing. But with subscription services if you get a bad movie it's no big deal. Send it back and get the next one on your list.

I wonder if this would apply to music. Why would I gamble on buying a fifteen dollar cd. If it's getting airplay I've likely heard the closest thing to a good song the album has to offer. If there was a "net tunes" I could try-out new bands and albums and then add the ones I like to my library. I know technically I could steal whatever I want, but it would be nice to legitimately own music.

j.