Music Downloading Creates Listeners With No Appreciation Of Music
Robert Paul Reyes
January 10, 2006
I'm old school when it comes to technology, I bought my first DVD player only a couple of years ago -- and now the DVD player is about to be replaced by high-def DVD machines.
When it comes to listening music I still have more cassettes than I do CD's, and I'm not even going to try to figure out how download songs.
According to a study by British researchers from the University of Leicester, Internet downloading and MP3 players are creating a generation of people who do not seriously appreciate songs or musical performances.
It's hard to develop an emotional connection with an artist or a song when you download music in a few seconds with a click of a mouse.
When I was a teenager, I had to battle dinosaurs on my way to school, and I had to save my pennies to buy the latest Creedence Clearwater Revival album.
Buying a record was a mystical and spiritual experience, I would admire the art work on the cover, glance at the liner notes and read the titles of the songs.
An album was a tangible object, I would lovingly caress the album cover while I listened to the music on the record player.
For an old fogie it's hard to think of a bunch of digital bytes that you can't see or touch as real music, no wonder today's kids don't have any abiding allegiance to artists.
The Rolling Stones are the most popular touring band in the world, I doubt if twenty years from now anybody will even remember 50 Cent, Britney Spears or Eminem.
I will probably never embrace MP3 technology, it was hard enough to wean myself from vinyl records. As I look upon my collection of CD's and cassettes I feel sorry for the digital generation.
When it comes to listening music I still have more cassettes than I do CD's, and I'm not even going to try to figure out how download songs.
According to a study by British researchers from the University of Leicester, Internet downloading and MP3 players are creating a generation of people who do not seriously appreciate songs or musical performances.
It's hard to develop an emotional connection with an artist or a song when you download music in a few seconds with a click of a mouse.
When I was a teenager, I had to battle dinosaurs on my way to school, and I had to save my pennies to buy the latest Creedence Clearwater Revival album.
Buying a record was a mystical and spiritual experience, I would admire the art work on the cover, glance at the liner notes and read the titles of the songs.
An album was a tangible object, I would lovingly caress the album cover while I listened to the music on the record player.
For an old fogie it's hard to think of a bunch of digital bytes that you can't see or touch as real music, no wonder today's kids don't have any abiding allegiance to artists.
The Rolling Stones are the most popular touring band in the world, I doubt if twenty years from now anybody will even remember 50 Cent, Britney Spears or Eminem.
I will probably never embrace MP3 technology, it was hard enough to wean myself from vinyl records. As I look upon my collection of CD's and cassettes I feel sorry for the digital generation.
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