Evolution for the nation
I no longer keep an AM radio running in the background. I also do not own a record player anymore. Or a cassette player for that matter. Some of the younger people in the audience are now going to have to ask others. What is he talking about what is this AM record thing. And the reality is that is how we used to get our music. Because we all had our music. It was so popular that they published lists every week which were printed on paper and hand it out in the local record store. Once again what is this record thing? The reality is that music has always been evolving and starting sometime about a century ago it became mainstream. Everyone had access to some sort of record player or radio that would allow them to listen to the music they wanted. If you were to go to my sisters’ home you would probably find these odd little black plastic discs that had the name of a song on each side and squiggly lines engraved in that plastic. You can Google it. To most of us that is how music was distributed. I can remember stopping by the local record store downtown every chance I got. You went to see what was new and what was going to be popular tomorrow. Things changed that quickly. I do not have any intention today to provide you with a history of music distribution. Just accept that it was and remains a very important part of our culture. Today I watched a short history of Spotify and realized that I had so much more to learn. I do not have an account on that platform thank you. A correction is necessary apparently we do have an account although I have no idea how to access it or what is there. But getting back to music. I no longer buy little plastic discs with a song in each side. I disposed of all my cassette tapes decades ago. Filled a dumpster with a lifetime of sound. And now I simply browse because there are so many other places to find music. Evolution for the nation.
