Music

The traditional concept of an album is evolving. Do you like where things are headed? Why or why not?

The traditional concept of an album is evolving. Do you like where things are headed? Why or why not?

https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-tiktok-taylor-swift-beyonce-muse-streaming-quantity-over-quality-2024-7

Yes, media often shapes the medium. Here is my personal timeline: 

- Early recorded music led to 3.5-minute songs due to vinyl’s constraints.

- The LP format allowed for longer tracks, perfect for filling FM radio airwaves and giving us Pink Floyd.

- Cassettes made music portable and pumped up the workout playlist.

- CDs, inspired by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, packed in 74 minutes of music, leading to long albums with tons of tracks.

- Napster brought instant music, reviving search and browse, influencing iTunes, and bringing back the 3.5-minute single.

- Napster’s P2P model paved the way for Spotify’s cost-effective distribution and unlimited subscriptions, and probably kickstarted algorithmic curation.

- TikTok or a similar platform might just lead the charge in generative AI.

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I’ve been having a lot of fun exploring genres I’ve never heard of before via suno.com/explore so AI music is already providing to be interesting imo