Nowadays, teenage kids listening to Ariana Grande or Taylor Swift on their brand new Macbook or iPhone using Spotify won’t understand how nostalgic and tear-evoking music technology was back in the early 2000s. If you know about musical 2000, a musical broadway that was played over a hundred times in early 2000, you’ll know how limited the music technology at the time was compared to now. But we understand it’s hard to relate to something you don’t personally experience, so maybe a list would draw a better picture? Let us see how music technology has evolved since the early 2000s:
CDs and Floppy Disks Were All the Craze
The early 2000s were all about music CDs and floppy disks that, if they’re not careful, can either be lost over a million times, so you would have to rebuy them over and over again, or have so many that it’ll pile up until it reaches the ceiling. Being born in the 80s, I got to experience the early 2000s to the fullest with a ripe mind and understanding of technology, so I would end up buying a lot of thin CDs to listen to some of my favorite artists, such as Britney Spears, NSYNC, and Christina Aguilera, and I saved them on floppy disks to give out to my friends and families, which is pretty inconvenient, given their size limit and tendency to be lost.
The Beginning of Autotune
The Prevalence of Music Streaming Platform
Digital music streaming platforms like SoundCloud, Apple Music, and Spotify would not exist if it weren’t for websites like YouTube, MySpace, and Napster, paving the way for them to introduce streaming technology to fans all over the world for free. With their success in amassing the crowd, music sharing has never been easier, from using CDs and floppy disks to share music.
The Takeaway
Wasn’t that trip back through memory lane enjoyable? I certainly did enjoy myself, and I hope you had as much fun as I did. Music certainly is the closest thing we have for a time-traveling machine, and knowing the origins and roots will undoubtedly help us appreciate what we have now better. Share this article with your friends if you find this to be insightful!
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