I'd guess like most people, my greatest period of music discovery was in my teens and 20's. Listening to music with friends, we'd share new discoveries, hoping

I'd guess like most people, my greatest period of music discovery was in my teens and 20's. Listening to music with friends, we'd share new discoveries, hoping to win over a new fan. Music stores were great, too. Putting on the gross headphones at Tower Records and sampling the latest releases, let me find new bands without risking my limited teen cash supply. Even better, I could go across the street from Tower and pick the brains of the people at the punk/metal shop, or convince them to play something that Tower would never stock. The people there always had a better understanding of your tastes, far better than a genre listing. The most fruitful source of new music was going out to see shows. Going to a show to see one or two bands at any given show, there was a good chance I'd come away a fan of one of the openers.