Norgarth is correct -- the major Steps aren't his only stops on the Walk. Even setting aside the nanoSteps as of dubious canonicity (although some are very canon) he's made uncountable short stops in worlds where he didn't get involved in local affairs. Any time Doug finds himself in a world for more than a day or two, he looks into getting music in whatever form is available. And he usually starts by looking for unfamiliar works by familiar artists. If his time in the world permits, he does a deeper dive using anything from recommendations from record shop employees to things like Pandora, depending on the tech level and what's available. When he doesn't have time and the local format(s) allow it, he simply buys in bulk and listens at his leisure to winnow out power songs from the rest.
(I should probably write a scene somewhere where he just sweeps into a music shop and buys a hundred CDs indiscriminately, to the bewilderment of the staff.)
After several rebuilds over the years his helmet supports multiple ports and protocols, and after the stop in Fenspace Eimi can convert anything that his helmet can't. He can also record natively with the helmet, if he needs to at a live performance. And as noted in the Sailor Moon step he's been acquiring MP3 players or their equivalent from dozens of worlds. (In some worlds, MP3 players are given out free or as a loss-leader to get people to buy music in electronic form, much like King Camp Gillette got people into buying safety razors by basically giving away the handles.) He also has CD players and players for other formats in his panniers that he can plug into his helmet -- or just into a set of headphones or earbuds.
Basically, it's not the getting of the music that should be the issue that challenges suspension of belief -- it's how does he go through it all? Please ignore the frantic waving of authorial hands in favor of enjoying what I've written. <grin>
(I should probably write a scene somewhere where he just sweeps into a music shop and buys a hundred CDs indiscriminately, to the bewilderment of the staff.)
After several rebuilds over the years his helmet supports multiple ports and protocols, and after the stop in Fenspace Eimi can convert anything that his helmet can't. He can also record natively with the helmet, if he needs to at a live performance. And as noted in the Sailor Moon step he's been acquiring MP3 players or their equivalent from dozens of worlds. (In some worlds, MP3 players are given out free or as a loss-leader to get people to buy music in electronic form, much like King Camp Gillette got people into buying safety razors by basically giving away the handles.) He also has CD players and players for other formats in his panniers that he can plug into his helmet -- or just into a set of headphones or earbuds.
Basically, it's not the getting of the music that should be the issue that challenges suspension of belief -- it's how does he go through it all? Please ignore the frantic waving of authorial hands in favor of enjoying what I've written. <grin>
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....