Since the age of recorded music began, people have made lots of money giving music lovers what they want. Music you can choose to listen to whenever you want to is a huge thing. In the past hundred years we’ve gone from wax cylinders to vinyl, tape, CDs and now digital. Music was of course on the radio before it reached the automobile on eight track tape and cassette but when the day came that you could pop in your own music whenever you wanted, that was a big plus. Later entrepreneurs catered to other markets for people who wanted to play their music wherever they were on demand. Sony came out with the Walk-man. You could listen to music while jogging. I used to carry a player in my handlebar bag and listen to music through earplugs during a bike ride (not a very safe thing to do however). These days you can play tunes from you wrist watch.
Having your music where you want it, when you want it is a big deal to music lovers. I know because I was recently deprived of what I had taken granted for so long, music on demand in your car. You see my fifteen year old Toyota expired and I was forced to buy a new car. I finally settled on a nice new Honda CRV. You can still start my car with a standard key but other models of the same year require that you start the car electronically. I hate that. Every time I have to drive my wife’s Prius it’s a major adjustment.
At least I could start my new car the old fashioned way with a key. But I didn’t realize how a certain “technological improvement” my new car had would affect my musical well being. They don’t put CD players in cars any more. When I go to a bluegrass festival I am used to grabbing a bunch of my favorite CDs and heading down the road. That is not possible with my car now. Sure I can listen to the radio but how many bluegrass stations do you think I’ll find out there? I want to play my music when I want it!
The new car does communicate with a phone or other device via bluetooth and I learned how to handle hands free phone conversation even though I hate to talk on the phone. A friend even showed me how to set up Tune In and Pandora to play through my phone but I’m not very used to using those services and besides, it doesn’t play the music I want (except through algorithms that think they know my tastes better than I do).
I have over 2,000 tunes loaded onto my iPad but guess what? My iPad 2 is so old that it doesn’t bluetooth to the car! I have wasted about a year now listening to depressing news and losing Giants games when I could have been listening to my music.
But that has all changed now, i am pleased to report. I upgraded to a new iPad and I was able to transfer all of my music library to my phone as well. Now I can shuffle through my music library wherever I go. It’s hard to describe what a boon this is after a year of trying to figure out a solution. Any music lover knows. Honestly I think I am ready for a renaissance of my musical energy. I listened to so much less music by not having a CD player or substitute over the last year that I could hardly think of any tunes to call at a jam and that’s not like me. I’m always working up a new song and when I hear an old chestnut I have never actually done it gives me the inspiration I need.
Music on demand. You gotta have it. The only thing better is live music on demand. See you at the next festival.Music on Demand
Since the age of recorded music began, people have made lots of money giving music lovers what they want. Music you can choose to listen to whenever you want to is a huge thing. In the past hundred years we’ve gone from wax cylinders to vinyl, tape, CDs and now digital. Music was of course on the radio before it reached the automobile on eight track tape and cassette but when the day came that you could pop in your own music whenever you wanted, that was a big plus. Later entrepreneurs catered to other markets for people who wanted to play their music wherever they were on demand. Sony came out with the Walk-man. You could listen to music while jogging. I used to carry a player in my handlebar bag and listen to music through earplugs during a bike ride (not a very safe thing to do however). These days you can play tunes from you wrist watch.
Having your music where you want it, when you want it is a big deal to music lovers. I know because I was recently deprived of what I had taken granted for so long, music on demand in your car. You see my fifteen year old Toyota expired and I was forced to buy a new car. I finally settled on a nice new Honda CRV. You can still start my car with a standard key but other models of the same year require that you start the car electronically. I hate that. Every time I have to drive my wife’s Prius it’s a major adjustment.
At least I could start my new car the old fashioned way with a key. But I didn’t realize how a certain “technological improvement” my new car had would affect my musical well being. They don’t put CD players in cars any more. When I go to a bluegrass festival I am used to grabbing a bunch of my favorite CDs and heading down the road. That is not possible with my car now. Sure I can listen to the radio but how many bluegrass stations do you think I’ll find out there? I want to play my music when I want it!
The new car does communicate with a phone or other device via bluetooth and I learned how to handle hands free phone conversation even though I hate to talk on the phone. A friend even showed me how to set up Tune In and Pandora to play through my phone but I’m not very used to using those services and besides, it doesn’t play the music I want (except through algorithms that think they know my tastes better than I do).
I have over 2,000 tunes loaded onto my iPad but guess what? My iPad 2 is so old that it doesn’t bluetooth to the car! I have wasted about a year now listening to depressing news and losing Giants games when I could have been listening to my music.
But that has all changed now, i am pleased to report. I upgraded to a new iPad and I was able to transfer all of my music library to my phone as well. Now I can shuffle through my music library wherever I go. It’s hard to describe what a boon this is after a year of trying to figure out a solution. Any music lover knows. Honestly I think I am ready for a renaissance of my musical energy. I listened to so much less music by not having a CD player or substitute over the last year that I could hardly think of any tunes to call at a jam and that’s not like me. I’m always working up a new song and when I hear an old chestnut I have never actually done it gives me the inspiration I need.
Music on demand. You gotta have it. The only thing better is live music on demand. See you at the next festival.
