Greetings from The Music Bowl! I'm the Wonderfish.
Well, we're nearing the end of 2017 and it's time we here at The Music Bowl asked that all important question:
How do you listen to music?
First of all, let's get this out of the way. Are you or are you not a streamer? This is, according to most, the wave of the future for listening to music. Heard discussed the pros and cons of streaming in the early days of our blog, and you can definitely refer back to those if you want more details about those arguments. I will be the first to admit that I was very late to the streaming game. I did not want to hop on this digital bandwagon. However, I am thoroughly enjoying Apple Music. Now, we have multiple avenues for streaming in this day and age. You can use Amazon, Google Play, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, MySpace, etc... Well, maybe not MySpace.
Wait, wait, wait, TIME OUT!
Remember MySpace?? C'mon, I know you do! You just don't want to talk about it. Actually, for you younger millennials, you probably flat out do not know about it. All I know is this: fifteen years ago, my band was basically signing it's death sentence if we did not have our music on MySpace. I read somewhere that Justin Timberlake bought it, but haven't heard much since. You can find my old band here: https://myspace.com/localboysavessquirrel.
Seriously, check it out and see what you've been missing. It's worth a look mainly because of the squirrel photo, and also you can see that we somehow connected to James Blunt oh so long ago.
Okay, TIME IN!
Streaming, yay or nay? What do you think? For those that commonly stream, how is the sound quality of the music you listen to? This was a large part of my hesitation with streaming. I know that the quality has come a long way in recent years, but you have yet to convince me that a song in digital form sounds better than in vinyl, or CD format for that matter. Either way, I cannot argue against the ease of streaming. Once I got used to Apple Music, I wanted to take a gap year in order to listen to everything on my "to listen to" list.
I will also admit here today that, yes, I still listen to CDs. That stands for Compact Discs. And, yes, they still sound great! I am one of those music fans that enjoys listening to an album while reading through the liner notes and seeing who the band wants to thank. I read the Grammy Award Winners for the "Best Recording Package" category to see who the notable art directors are. Listening to music is a total experience for me. Even though I know that streaming and single releases are the future, I don't foresee this method ever replacing the album experience in my listening practice. But, that's just my preference and I'd say I've come a long way since the days of my cassette collection.
The time has come, so spill it! How do you listen to music? Shark's in the water! See you next week.
Well, we're nearing the end of 2017 and it's time we here at The Music Bowl asked that all important question:
How do you listen to music?
First of all, let's get this out of the way. Are you or are you not a streamer? This is, according to most, the wave of the future for listening to music. Heard discussed the pros and cons of streaming in the early days of our blog, and you can definitely refer back to those if you want more details about those arguments. I will be the first to admit that I was very late to the streaming game. I did not want to hop on this digital bandwagon. However, I am thoroughly enjoying Apple Music. Now, we have multiple avenues for streaming in this day and age. You can use Amazon, Google Play, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, MySpace, etc... Well, maybe not MySpace.
Wait, wait, wait, TIME OUT!
Remember MySpace?? C'mon, I know you do! You just don't want to talk about it. Actually, for you younger millennials, you probably flat out do not know about it. All I know is this: fifteen years ago, my band was basically signing it's death sentence if we did not have our music on MySpace. I read somewhere that Justin Timberlake bought it, but haven't heard much since. You can find my old band here: https://myspace.com/localboysavessquirrel.
Seriously, check it out and see what you've been missing. It's worth a look mainly because of the squirrel photo, and also you can see that we somehow connected to James Blunt oh so long ago.
Okay, TIME IN!
Streaming, yay or nay? What do you think? For those that commonly stream, how is the sound quality of the music you listen to? This was a large part of my hesitation with streaming. I know that the quality has come a long way in recent years, but you have yet to convince me that a song in digital form sounds better than in vinyl, or CD format for that matter. Either way, I cannot argue against the ease of streaming. Once I got used to Apple Music, I wanted to take a gap year in order to listen to everything on my "to listen to" list.
I will also admit here today that, yes, I still listen to CDs. That stands for Compact Discs. And, yes, they still sound great! I am one of those music fans that enjoys listening to an album while reading through the liner notes and seeing who the band wants to thank. I read the Grammy Award Winners for the "Best Recording Package" category to see who the notable art directors are. Listening to music is a total experience for me. Even though I know that streaming and single releases are the future, I don't foresee this method ever replacing the album experience in my listening practice. But, that's just my preference and I'd say I've come a long way since the days of my cassette collection.
The time has come, so spill it! How do you listen to music? Shark's in the water! See you next week.
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