I’m usually very quick to praise the internet and everything that it brings to humanity; whether it be access to information, greatly improved communication, improved computer interaction, etc. However, one area the internet has hurt in a way is music.
With services like Napster, Pandora, and to a lesser extent, ITunes and Spotify, people in general have moved away from concept albums and toward single songs and shuffled playlists. For a lot of instances, there’s nothing wrong with that. However, a lot of artists carefully craft their albums so that they are listened all at once in order as once piece. This greatly improves the listening experience. However, because the general population like shuffled playlists, artists in general have moved away from that approach, and I think that is a shame because my favorite music are definitely albums. A lot of people also just don’t know that that is how music is intended to be listened to most of the timed. I sincerely hope no one has done them selves the disservice of listening to a Pink Floyd album shuffled. *Gasp, the horror.*
That said, the internet in general I think has also expanded the use of music and it’s popularity. So I suppose it’s not all bad.
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