Do You Remember the CD? • 12.08.09
Jacob Ganz hit many right notes on his NPR blog last week.
It got me thinking about how quickly things change.
Edison’s wax cylinders stored two to four minutes of music; that meant getting up and changing them over and over in order to enjoy one of the symphonies or operas that were the standard unit of music at that time.
By the time 78 rpm records replaced cylinders, a new manner of pop and jazz music had developed with individual songs of two to four minutes.
Can anyone be surprised that with today’s technology and artist overload, the three-minute track is giving way to the 20-second ringtone? Comments welcome!
