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Old 12th Jul 2021, 12:50 pm   #47
Welsh Anorak
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Default Re: The end of physical media.

I thnk if you grew up with physical media, which most of us here did, then the prospect of simply having a 'licence to listen' is a bit un-nerving. Most younger listeners/viewers have no such problem. I used to buy a good few CDs a month, so my subscription to a streaming service is easily justified. However i still have all my CDs and LPs, (and books, come to that) so I can listen when I choose and, since my car is relatively old, take a CD off the shelf to listen to on a drive - often a CD I have rarely listened to which can surprise me.
One thing is the concept of an 'album' is fast vanishing. I grew up with LPs which ran for 40 minutes and had tracks arranged by the artist to form a whole. Ditto CDs which could run longer and didn't need turning over. Now you get to stream single tracks, so it's in the artists' interest to make an 'album' of singles and you lose the narrative flow. Fine for some music, not fine for others.
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