The future of music
by Stii
As a small child I often wondered when would we have heard it all? There are a limited number of octaves and notes, so there must be an end to it. We’ll reach a stage where there is no melodies left and every single combination of notes have been used. Then what?
Thirty years later and we still hear something new every single day that is both original as it is beautiful. Along the way, I was taught Math and learnt that the number of combinations are astounding and that we’ll probably never see the end of it. :P Yes, I was a simple child who loved (and still do love) music and a stupid, ungraspable mathematical equation were my biggest worry. I often wondered what the music in the future would sound like, and today I can honestly say, it is beautiful.
Once again, I worry. The music industry is STUPID. It is stupid that the one thing made for sharing could land you in jail if you do it. It is illegal to share music. I worry, but I’m also quite excited since there is a revolution happening in the music industry. The monolithic record labels worry. They are unsure of how to capitalize on this culture shift happening. Who could blame them? Their very existence are under threat. They are not prepared to change, but would rather fight to protect it. It will change though. I has to change. There are simply not enough jails in the world to stop the people.
Where will this go? I don’t know. I don’t even want to try to predict the future of music. All I want to do is to share my love of it. I want to be able to share my taste of music with others who may have a similar taste. It is a journey of discovery. That is what it is all about.
There’ll still be a lot more pain, especially for those in ZA.
Change never happens without some form of pain. Yes, it would seem our system is much more screwed than the rest of the world, which will lead to far more pain. I completely agree with you. It is inevitable, though. Resistance is futile.
I am all for sharing and all. If it wasn’t for it, I wouldn’t have discovered the artist that have now become my favourite, I’d still be letting radio dictate what I listen to but I sometimes stop and think about the artist surely the more we share the more food is taken from their mouths.