Sounds on demand
So many things have changed since the time of my grandparents. But go back one step further. The time of my great grandparents when things really were not the same as now. I tried to imagine what it would be like for them to arrive here. To see a big truck going by on the road outside. To hear an airplane going overhead. Or an ocean liner sailing where the sailboats used to go. I tried to imagine how they would react to the idea of music on demand. Not demanding that someone sing a song for you. Rather, turning on the radio and hearing a song from someone you had never seen. Even better turning to your phonograph and hearing the same song two times or three times in a row. A very different scenario. This afternoon I fell into that little rabbit hole where I listened to a group from 50 years ago. In this case the singer Annie Haslam. I did hear her the first time around but I have to say she still sounds good. Sort of thing my great grandparents never experienced. Sure there might have been someone in the church choir that could hold a note but the idea of music on demand from world class artists just was not a possibility. What would they find as familiar? The birds in the trees perhaps. Or the sharp bark of a fox or a dog. Yes I live in wonderful times. I think I’ll go back to listen to more music just because I can.
