I was reading the post about the death of CD and it got me thinking.
Most of the people I know rely on ripping music off the internet. Nobody really bothers with a hard copy since the advent of the MP3 player or the i pod. This means that most people's music collection's lifespan is equivalent to that of their computer's hard drive. The convenience of physical format free music storage dicourages permanent archiving.
Music is becoming a disposable commodity. People lose their recordings when their computer goes blip and just start ripping again. As a result, the musical content of their hard drive is in constant evolution. Songs have a frequent habit of simply dissapearing (this may sound daft but I have observed the phenomenon on a regular basis amoung friends & colleagues - even those who have not suffered hard drive catastrophies).
You can still play your grand-dad's 78's, your dad's records & your son's CD's. Forgetting actual sound quality for a moment,what are folk going to be listening to in 30 years time and, more importantly, do they even care? Is there going to be a format capable of transcending generations in the future ? Is anyone ever again going to get so excited about a piece of music that he will actually want to pay real money for the priviledge of being to hear it at will? Even if they do, how are they going to keep it ?Good greif, it must be monday.
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Topic - Doom & gloom - rocky raccoon 22:11:00 02/11/07 (14)
- Let it go RR, - the sun will rise again - Sordidman 12:10:34 02/12/07 (0)
- What you say is not true ... - Feanor 08:46:44 02/12/07 (0)
- Re: Doom & gloom - andy19191 05:24:49 02/12/07 (0)
- Was talkin wit me bud Emile (Berliner) the other day ... - Elmo 02:34:33 02/12/07 (5)
- Wrong. Nothing new gets issued on LP in the future... - SE 05:10:38 02/12/07 (4)
- Yawn. - Elmo 08:21:01 02/12/07 (2)
- Wrong. There's plenty of new material on LP now and there will continue to be new music on LP - Rob Doorack 06:20:06 02/12/07 (0)
- \\\what are folk going to be listening to in 30 years time and, more importantly, do they even care?///............ - three_sox 00:44:09 02/12/07 (0)
- The same is true of digital photos - most never get printed nt - clifff 00:08:29 02/12/07 (3)
- Most never have been printed... - Budrew 09:21:14 02/12/07 (0)
- But surely anyone with a smidgen of a brain will have their pics backed up ? ~t - three_sox 00:47:27 02/12/07 (1)
- Don't give people credit. n/t - SE 05:04:11 02/12/07 (0)