RonM wrote: > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > > It's as true now as it was in the 50s. > > The big intervening variable then, as now, was the particular > technological sophistication of the individual concerned. Sure, some of > us could assemble a crystal radio or clock alarm or such from > components, but how many of us actually knew what a "resistor" or a > "transistor" did? Some, but not most. It was just all magic that you > could string together following instructions and it would work and we > had the illusion of building something from scratch. But not really. > > Most of the world back in the day just took the available technology > (electricity, radio, tv) as an available resource, and had no real sense > of what made it all work. Same now. > > I really like having my own collection of "owned" (or, let's be honest, > in a few instances "stolen") music. I love using LMS, and enjoy > tinkering. But if I were starting out on the music appreciation path now > I'd probably be using streaming services almost exclusively, and > discovering new music that way, taking in live music when I could, and > discovering new music THAT way as well, and gleefully taking advantage > of the all-you-can-hear buffet. > > And I wouldn't need to understand how the streaming services work and > why they are so effective at finding new music I'll like. It's just > magic. > > R.
I agree in the main but also disagree to an extent about discovering new music through streaming services. There is too much of it available so it becomes disposable and rarely a valid source of new music. Back in the day we had a much more limited choice largely based on certain key radio shows - John Peel for instance - perhaps 2 hours long. We bought records by hitherto unknown artists because we heard them first on Peel. Nowadays Spotify gives you too much choice? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk *Pi3 with piCoreplayer music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets/Jogglers *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s *Office* - Pi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN 755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107925 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
