The older I get, and the expanding interest in new hobbies and world news, the less time I have for listening to music, so for the most part, it's now relegated to listening to old MP3's while driving or riding my bike.
Despite having thousands of my favorite songs on a 2T hard drive, I rarely listen at home. My TV provider has 80 channels of music, but I only listen to Traditional Country or Classical... Total music time per day? Maybe a half hour.
So, in a manner of speaking, the music industry has passed me by.
Now, I wonder where the music industry is supported. Who provides the music, who makes money on the industry, who buys, and in what format.
Then, who listens?... by age? by profession, or by other interests? Men, women...?
What kinds of music? Pop? Rap (hmmm)? Classical? Country? Mood? by decades?
Who plays an instrument or sings? ... and where?
How do you listen to music on a phone or Ipad?
Music alone, or with others?
And then, how... does one listen (or listen and watch) as in Utube...
Stereo system? TV and surround sound system? Car radio? Earphones or ear buds? Home wired for sound?
Buy?... online, music stores, Walmart... singles or albums? ITunes? Trade? Download or copy from radio or TV?
Radio? TV?... as major sources.
Now, here's a really good question... How often do you listen to the same tune or album? ... and maybe a better question... How many pieces of music do you have that you haven't listened to in many years? Is there a part of your brain that stores the memory of those songs in the pleasure center?
I suppose this is a non subject for discussion, but I wonder what the world would be like without music, and where we go from here. As life becomes more complex, and we're all forced into multi-tasking, what can we expect for the future, and maybe more important, how will the younger people fit music into their lives? In just my own lifetime, as best I recall, for the first 15 years, music was about 70% from singing alone or with others around the piano, ukes, or guitars... maybe 15% from the radio, and another 15% from playing those 78's. What exposure and what does todays youth get from the most popular music forms, today?
boiling it down:
Buy music? (cost ... music and listening instrument (player0.
Listen how?
Alone?
Favorite sound source?
What kind of music?
How much time per day?
... am guessing no two people alike
Despite having thousands of my favorite songs on a 2T hard drive, I rarely listen at home. My TV provider has 80 channels of music, but I only listen to Traditional Country or Classical... Total music time per day? Maybe a half hour.
So, in a manner of speaking, the music industry has passed me by.
Now, I wonder where the music industry is supported. Who provides the music, who makes money on the industry, who buys, and in what format.
Then, who listens?... by age? by profession, or by other interests? Men, women...?
What kinds of music? Pop? Rap (hmmm)? Classical? Country? Mood? by decades?
Who plays an instrument or sings? ... and where?
How do you listen to music on a phone or Ipad?
Music alone, or with others?
And then, how... does one listen (or listen and watch) as in Utube...
Stereo system? TV and surround sound system? Car radio? Earphones or ear buds? Home wired for sound?
Buy?... online, music stores, Walmart... singles or albums? ITunes? Trade? Download or copy from radio or TV?
Radio? TV?... as major sources.
Now, here's a really good question... How often do you listen to the same tune or album? ... and maybe a better question... How many pieces of music do you have that you haven't listened to in many years? Is there a part of your brain that stores the memory of those songs in the pleasure center?
I suppose this is a non subject for discussion, but I wonder what the world would be like without music, and where we go from here. As life becomes more complex, and we're all forced into multi-tasking, what can we expect for the future, and maybe more important, how will the younger people fit music into their lives? In just my own lifetime, as best I recall, for the first 15 years, music was about 70% from singing alone or with others around the piano, ukes, or guitars... maybe 15% from the radio, and another 15% from playing those 78's. What exposure and what does todays youth get from the most popular music forms, today?
boiling it down:
Buy music? (cost ... music and listening instrument (player0.
Listen how?
Alone?
Favorite sound source?
What kind of music?
How much time per day?
... am guessing no two people alike
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