Wes Muilenburg
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Just Listen
It isn't always the easiest to find time to simply listen to something. Whether it's a podcast, audiobook, music, ambiance, recording of Jeremy Irons narrating fan-fiction, whatever. Our time has shifted inwards towards a system of an instantaneous nature. There has been great public outcry from music snobs everywhere that the loss of the album as a legitimate art form signifies the end times. They're obviously too busy anticipating the arrival of the iTunes Lucifer to realize that virtually all music still comes out as an album. Yes, you can buy a single alone without the "baggage" of the remaining ten or so tracks. So? Honestly, it saves money. This worry has extended to the advent of playlists. Sometimes people make album-based playlists (myself being one of them), but they usually curate solo tracks. These changes are good despite any sad-sack complaining. However, while the album retains its strength for the time being, consumers don't appreciate an album in the same way. They listen to it while they're at work, in the car, at the gym. They endure a full listen, cull their favorites, and dispose of the rest. Sometimes I wonder if there's some giant B-side graveyard where all the underplayed album cuts go to die in their loneliness. If such a place exists, it's due to the way we listen.
By Wes Muilenburg6 years ago in Beat