Rock On

Dan Kennedy had what at one time I would have considered my dream job.  In Rock On, Kennedy tells the tale of his career in the music industry, attending exclusive events, and meeting music legends.  However, the book chronicles the industry during the early 2000's during the new threat of the great evil that was digital music.

Of course music has changed a lot in the past 10 years and I've changed right with it.  Back in 2000 ,I was easily buying 1-2 CD's a week.  Now, it's been 4 years or more since I can recall buying myself a CD.  Once I owned hundreds of records and a 1000 CD's all cataloged in alphabetical order.  Today, the little remaining music, I haven't sold at yard sales or given away, collects dust in a corner of my house.

I used to know a lot about music.  I DJ'd dances, went to concerts, and stored away copious amounts of useless information involving b-sides and foreign releases.  In the present day, I couldn't tell you the difference between A Vampire Weekend and Three Days Grace, and the only songs that have been stuck in my head lately all come from pre-school programs on Nick Jr.