Facebook Music

So, as you all know, The Social Network drops today at theaters around the country. Given this event, I thought I'd write today about Facebook. Do I like it? Do I hate it? What does its prominence say about our time, about our generation, about humanity?

There are all sorts of deep approaches one can take to discussing Facebook, and I'm sure you'll find many of these expounded upon in detail these days. But not here. I just want to briefly touch on one aspect of Facebook I find positive:

It's good for sharing. And it's good for sharing music.

In earlier times, people would discover music by listening to the radio, or by gathering around a turntable or CD player with friends and listening to the latest record. But today, we don't really do that anymore. While the radio spins top 40 hits that all sound the same, we have to look elsewhere for new music. Blogs are one source. Facebook is another.

The other day, I was randomly checking my News Feed, when I saw that someone had posted a youTube clip of some singer named Lhasa De Sela. The poster was a girl that I'd known briefly, and our friendship, in real life, had long ago ceased to exist. In fact, we'd never actually been friends. But of course, friendship is different on Facebook, and some database somewhere has us designated as friends. Regardless, for whatever reason I clicked on the link, and was blown away by the singer, whom I'd never heard before.

So Facebook, I must say, can do good. In case you've never heard of Lhasa, check her out. I was sad to learn that she'd passed away this past January, but she certainly left us with some beautiful songs.

Lhasa de Sela - Fool's Gold (YSI)
Lhasa de Sela - Is Anything Wrong? (YSI)