the friday five (music)   (friday five)

1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?
I have no idea... I like a lot of music, listen to a lot of music, and know what I like when I hear it, but I don't really have favorite musicians, per se. I guess if you go by the number of cds that I own, my favorite musicians are Rage Against the Machine, Sarah McLachlan, and Nirvana.

2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why?
A lot of bad musicians have one good song, and I don't listen to stuff that I don't like long enough to find out who it's by, and what I like changes with my mood, so that's a hard question too. I guess if I had to pick, I would say I can't stand you. You're a horrible singer. No offense.

3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person?
I'd probably like Sarah. Zach would be pretty cool, too, if he could stop being so angry some of the time. But Kurt would just be depressing (and messy) to hang around with.

4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show?
Yes, I have gone to concerts and still do go every now and then. There are different types of concerts. I'd say the best adrenaline show was definitely by Rage Against The Machine, and the wackiest, most weirdly awesome show was by Beck.

5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music?
If the money actually went to the musicians instead of to distributors and middle-men, I would feel a lot better about buying an album. I think more artists should break free from the strictly controlled distribution channels that the major record labels have in their stranglehold. The Internet has revolutionized so many industries, and the music industry will fall, but the people who actually contribute value to the music industry, the artists, need to realize that there is a better way to do business today - one that doesn't necessarily involve signing a contract and making unattractive compromises just to get your cd into mainstream circulation. I think the RIAA is a bunch of thugs trying to keep both musicians and the people who like their music ignorant and intimidated so they can continue to profit off of their obsolete business model instead of adapting to the new computerized marketplace that is the internet.

That said, no, I don't download music off the internet.