MP3's
MP3's....Ahh what a phrase. Remember when you used to have to buy a whole album just to get the song you liked? An then fast-forwarding the cassette to get to that song. side-note: fast-forwarding a cassette was an art form....anyway... It's funny how great it is to download what you want. I remember someone called me up once to learn a song, and before the conversation was over I downloaded the song and got the lyrics. What a wonderful world it is.
But what a sad state we are in. It's this damn MTV generation. You can't listen to the same band for more than one song. Is it the bands fault, for making an album of twelve versions of the same song? Maybe. Or is it just the way we listen to music now-a-days. Either way, what happened to the album?
Remember when you used to have to buy a whole album just to get the song you liked? Wow, I sound like a broken record. That phrase is obsolete... After you would listen to the song you liked, you would listen to the rest of the album and like it. So now we have all these people only listening to a few songs of a release. I call it release because it's not a CD or cassette or album or download but rather all of the above.
So now I start to think of my own wrong doing. I do own a couple of singles. But you can't call them singles really, more like stray tracks. And the thing is, I have turned around and have purchased the whole release. And there are great songs that I like now, that I didn't like when listening to the 30 second clips.
I hate it when I browse through some ones iPod and they have a band I like or a classic album and only have like two of the songs.
Now wait...I totally understand. A lot of albums have 'skip tracks' but that's what you do. You skip them. Oh, it's to much trouble to go into your bag and hit the skip. It's not like you have to fast-forward it. And those skip tracks are there for a reason. Once your sick of the songs you like, you start to listen to the skip ones and start to like them. The sad thing is we don't listen to albums, we listen to playlist.
Well, I guess the whole system is breaking down. The next thing we'll do, is start cutting out boring scenes from movies we like. That actually doesn't sound that far off. What was I saying?....oh yeah... buy complete albums.. 'cause I might come and browse your iPod and yell, I mean explain to you what amazing music you are missing out on.
-Andy
But what a sad state we are in. It's this damn MTV generation. You can't listen to the same band for more than one song. Is it the bands fault, for making an album of twelve versions of the same song? Maybe. Or is it just the way we listen to music now-a-days. Either way, what happened to the album?
Remember when you used to have to buy a whole album just to get the song you liked? Wow, I sound like a broken record. That phrase is obsolete... After you would listen to the song you liked, you would listen to the rest of the album and like it. So now we have all these people only listening to a few songs of a release. I call it release because it's not a CD or cassette or album or download but rather all of the above.
So now I start to think of my own wrong doing. I do own a couple of singles. But you can't call them singles really, more like stray tracks. And the thing is, I have turned around and have purchased the whole release. And there are great songs that I like now, that I didn't like when listening to the 30 second clips.
I hate it when I browse through some ones iPod and they have a band I like or a classic album and only have like two of the songs.
Now wait...I totally understand. A lot of albums have 'skip tracks' but that's what you do. You skip them. Oh, it's to much trouble to go into your bag and hit the skip. It's not like you have to fast-forward it. And those skip tracks are there for a reason. Once your sick of the songs you like, you start to listen to the skip ones and start to like them. The sad thing is we don't listen to albums, we listen to playlist.
Well, I guess the whole system is breaking down. The next thing we'll do, is start cutting out boring scenes from movies we like. That actually doesn't sound that far off. What was I saying?....oh yeah... buy complete albums.. 'cause I might come and browse your iPod and yell, I mean explain to you what amazing music you are missing out on.
-Andy
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