So yesterday, I had a meeting with my executive board at our college radio station, The Edge.
During the meeting, we got onto the topic of how we have obtained x amount of CDs over the years, and we have y amount of storeage (which isn't much).
Someone said this: "I like having a collection of the mp3s in the digital database rather than CDs because it's really just easier."
Easier? Whaaaat?
What he meant to say is that it's lazier. Not easier. All the MP3 is doing is making a CD less tangible, like everything else in the media. The MP3 player has deleted the need for CDs just as the Kindle is deleting the need to purchase actual books.
The fact that my friend prefers to "drag & drop" songs rather than take ten extra seconds to futz with a CD case and place the CD into the player...is this really something that needs time shaved off of it?
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I agree with the theory but mp3s do save space...
ReplyDeleteI'm the kind of person who likes everything old fashioned - I like owning CDs, books, movies... I'm not into "digital copies". Of all the mediums though, the mp3 is the one that I see as being most convenient. You're not going to shuffle or make a mix of chapters from a book you're reading, but unlike books and movies, CDs don't have to be listened to end to end - individual songs stand on their own so the ability to mix and match is a nice luxury. And like I said, it does save space.