I used to have Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits on vinyl but when I ditched all my vinyl a number of years ago (my turntable croaked and I didn't think I'd replace it) I couldn't find that title on CD. So I got another Cat Stevens hits collection but discovered later that it did not contain the song "Ready" which I love. So recently I purchased Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits on CD.
So for your listening pleasure, Cat Stevens "Ready":
Friday, February 22, 2019
Monday, February 11, 2019
Luddites Unite!
I think that more and more technology is basically ruining everything.
It is my considered opinion that technology has ruined popular music. Peer-to-peer file sharing, music downloads, streaming services have all be destroyed music as a viable career for many artists that were really good. Why you ask? Only huge artists that were big before the big tech eruption of twenty years ago are really making any money, or so it seems. My music teacher basically agrees with this, he feels the whole music download thing has made a situation for musicians go from bad to worse. Now some might argue that there are some great talents out there that never would have gotten any exposure but now with the Internet, YouTube, Facebook and other social media outlets they can self-publish and get recognized for their talents without the middle-man record company. This might even be true, but I feel like this has destroyed more than it has given us. Sounds like the record business is a pretty shady business in the first place, but it's even less attractive for good acts now.
Just my humble opinion, pretty much fact free. Feel free to correct me.
It is my considered opinion that technology has ruined popular music. Peer-to-peer file sharing, music downloads, streaming services have all be destroyed music as a viable career for many artists that were really good. Why you ask? Only huge artists that were big before the big tech eruption of twenty years ago are really making any money, or so it seems. My music teacher basically agrees with this, he feels the whole music download thing has made a situation for musicians go from bad to worse. Now some might argue that there are some great talents out there that never would have gotten any exposure but now with the Internet, YouTube, Facebook and other social media outlets they can self-publish and get recognized for their talents without the middle-man record company. This might even be true, but I feel like this has destroyed more than it has given us. Sounds like the record business is a pretty shady business in the first place, but it's even less attractive for good acts now.
Just my humble opinion, pretty much fact free. Feel free to correct me.
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