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January 23, 2006
Ghost in the machine
Over the weekend I purchased a couple of CDs albums tune-bundles from the iTunes store. They represent a couple of albums I used to own (by these young men) - back when the color of music was black. Actually I get a shock each time I read the release date of these records, but there you go.
Anyway - listening to the great tunes from records such as - Ghost in the machine - brings back memories or associations that seem to be mapped to actually having owned the record (i.e. having experienced something physical). Hard to explain, but if you're my age, I hope you're still with me.
Now that music is digital - will our children still associate particular times and emotions in their life when they listen to something that was digitally downloaded and digitally stored after nearly 25 years?
Granted - the music will be the same - but isn't our ability to associate music with specific emotions also coupled with the experience of actually having a physical thing to touch and smell?
Posted by Matthew at January 23, 2006 10:01 PM