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The other day, we were chatting around the Virtual NewMusic Water Cooler^™* about saving songs. Some of us are saving songs like you’d save your best candy from trick or treating, and eat those lame rockets or kisses first. We figured it has something to do with music being more easily available now.

Downloading is like breathing, so people can get bored with songs more quickly. What is it about having easy access to things that makes them less desirable? There are 8,000 songs on your iPod but NOTHING to listen to.

I feel stuck in that reality, and I’m constantly searching for more new music, especially something a bit different, or longer than your average EP. I guess so it lasts, and I’m not so quickly left with that empty feeling.

Which leads me to NPR’s All Things Considered podcast. If downloading is like breathing, this podcast is an oxygen mask. They have FREE full-length concerts (at least an hour or two) with newer artists but also huge bands, which makes it hard to believe you don’t have to pay. I’ve been listening to a 2-hour & 6-minute Radiohead concert & I’m still not bored of it.

Here are some other little acts they have: The Raconteurs, Bjork, Wilco, Spoon, R.E.M.. They also air concerts at hyped music events most people can’t make it to, like CMJ or SXSW. Download the All Things Considered podcast here.

Tonight on The NewMusic, we talk about All Things Considered and other “things” in our segment called “Things We Love”. NewMusic airs tonight (Monday!) at 9:30pm ET. If you’re getting this late, you can watch the show online. Scroll down on the right, and click on The NewMusic.

*We don’t actually have a water cooler…no perks round here. We were just drinking water at our desks.

- Sabrina Saccoccio

Posted on Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 11:42 am by Casey and is filed under The NewMusic.

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