The cool part of online music

As with any technological change there will be people who long for the good old days of records. There were little stores full of records, and if you wanted the music badly enough, you bought one. Or you didn’t. Those were your options.

Now you can download illegally, download one song legally, buy a CD, use the Starbucks crazy machine, buy a whole album online…

But then there are times when it all just works. My brother and I were just in the car and we heard a cool song we’d never heard before. When we got home I checked the radio’s web site for their “live playlist,” which shows recently played songs.

I found the song, previewed it on iTunes, then bought it. Less than 10 minutes after hearing a song for the first time, I own it. That’s pretty sweet.