I will check...thanks...
But this does not invalidate my point...
I miss scarcity
This is not a complaint. Or, if it is a complaint, it's half-aimed at me. Mostly this is a reflection.
In the old days, I got to know music really well -- in great detail, sonically, musically, reading all the credits, the liner notes, etc. A friend would have an album I didn't, so I'd go to his house to listen. We'd talk about the music. We'd talk about how album sides hung together or didn't. We were thrilled by double albums.
Now, a torrent of information is everywhere. I listen alone, often to a single song, often not listening to anything over and over again.
You will tell me, "That's your choice." I'd half agree. It's like agreeing that "It's my choice not to live off the electrical grid."
As I read and teach about AI, I am learning that our tools often prioritize speed and information glut. It seems, initially, like a cornucopia but it becomes a wash of "content." I must admit, I'm losing my talent for managing all this content, and I'm losing my love for it. And it's making me into a different person, somewhat, and I am not so sure I want to be that person. End of reflection.
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RE: The original post subject. Although I have access to 10's of millions of songs at my fingertips, what I find incredibly frustrating is the difficulty finding the information that used to be featured in liner notes. Being a Half-fast musician (acoustic guitar), I'm always interested in the musicians who performed. Especially the background performers. Interesting aside to that, back in the early 90's I bought a Shawn Colvin CD and while reading the notes saw a last name that looked familiar to me. Sure enough, it was the son of one of my exes' college instructors who had purchased her elementary school age son a set of drums. Turned out he was the drummer in the Saturday night life band and a prominent New York studio sessions drummer with a who's who credits list. |
@hilde45 you ain’t alone brother. I just said this to someone the other day; Everything has lost its luster because everything is so right at our fingertips. We’ve lost the appreciation for things because we can get it whenever we want. Yes it has its advantages and yes I like having things right there always available but the magic of waiting for a movie that used to air once a year is gone. Now I have the DVD… Great post.. |
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