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- The entire playback library is currently physical
- Space constraints force them to throw out a lot of CDs
- May be helpful to keep non-critical parts of albums (e.g. album art, digital liner notes)
- Music that ends up in multiple categories has to be physically duplicated
- A logbook which he writes in is the safeguard against filing the same CD twice
- Remote access is a plus for Don
Bram (Folk):
Role: Receives and logs new music, but completely ignores digital submissions right away. Is willing to use a system if learnable.
- Due to being very low tech, Bruce feels no need to use digial media at all and when he received emails containing digital media, he deletes them right away.
- Bruce thinks if there is a system that he can learn easily, then he will probably use digital formats more often.
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Bram is the only music director we talked to that completely ignores digital submissions (deletes them all). Bram feels if there's a system that he himself could learn easily, he might use incoming digital music more often. Bram is low-tech and feels uncomfortable with technology, therefore avoids it. Bram was part of a group interview and did not contribute extensively to the discussion or our questions.
Lessons Learned:
- Ignores incoming digital music completely
- Almost never uses computers
Music Director J. (World):
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