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Those born in the 20's & 30's are already in the "music on demand" generation, who grew up after the point at which you could listen to your favorite artists pl
by saalweachter 3y ago
Those born in the 20's & 30's are already in the "music on demand" generation, who grew up after the point at which you could listen to your favorite artists play your favorite songs [on record], whenever you want, or turn on a radio and hear new music any time you wanted to.
- canoebuilder 3y agoThat’s an interesting point of reference. I have thought about what a big change it was to go from a sheet music and live performance only world to a world with audio recordings. You’ve identified the early electromagnetic signals era, then think about the huge expansion in bandwidth those signals have undergone. From a handful of local radio stations and a finite number of grooved vinyl(or whatever medium) at your local shops. To a virtually infinite arrangement of pixels on your screen, waveforms coming out of your speakers. A few taps on your local signal processor and you can have virtually anything delivered to your door, or undertake any number of your other day to day affairs.