When you put on a record, it has a ritual feel. You are listening to that album the way the artist intended. Start to finish.
Technology can be a blessing, a curse or even a hearse for some industries (see Blockbuster).
I will never forget the first day someone told me to pull up a major music business tech disrupter, Napster. I looked at the website search bar and typed in Iron Maiden; all their albums were free.
This was the year 2000, so it was a mind-blowing moment. This was the first online music platform I had seen, and for context, I still had cassette and CD players in my Ford Explorer.
The road only got more interesting, cool, difficult, and awesome for digital listening as the years went on, depending on your line of work or tech skill level.
