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A Public Library Is a Musician’s Friend, pt 2
by Ari Koinuma on Jan.21, 2010, under Ari's Diary, Musicianship, Practice Journal, Self Sufficient Musician, The Joy of Being on the Way, Thoughtful Guitarist
I’ve said this before and I’m sure this won’t be the last time, but I can’t believe how many people don’t really use their public libraries.
It’s free, people! Your tax dollars are actually doing something good for you.
As a person who listens more than he reads, I love to browse through the CD section of the library. Some days I don’t find much I’m interested in, but today I found a good load. They are:
- The Derek Trucks Band: Already Free
- Chicago Blues Reunion: Buried Alive in the Blues
- The Rolling Stones: Hot rocks 1964-1971
- Bruce Springsteen: Magic
- Staind: 14 Shades of Grey
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
- SlipKnot: All Hope Is Gone
- Sleater-Kinney: The Woods
- Sonny Landreth: From the Reach
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House
- Gary Moore: Bad for You Baby
So they include a health doze of blues. Being primarily a modern rock guy, I tend not to discover any blues records I like, unless I can check them out and live with them for a while, and the library is the perfect place for that. I discovered some albums there that I would have never encountered otherwise.
Plus, I just put a hold on Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod. It’s book that my hero Derek Sivers is enthralled in right now.
So, what are you waiting for? Go hit your local library, see what you can dig up!
