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And the thing of it is, he's got a pretty good point. Just look at what happened to music as its distribution format became more ephemeral. 40 years ago, record albums were among many peoples' most treasured possessions. Now music is just a slurry that gets piped to us 24/7, songs from different artists all mixed together into a tasteless, formless stream. We lost the emotional connection when we lost having an artifact to hang it on.

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Which is why I think the vinyl resurgence is much more complicated than "hipsters being hipsters". We, as humans, like tangible things.

Personally, listening to vinyl is like reading a novel. There's a tangible "ritual" and the experience is inherently focusing and somewhat intimate... intentionally enjoying time immersed in the work of a single artist/group.

I'm no hipster - still all about Spotify and social media, but those are just for passing time.

I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement. I think that all streaming has done is allow for easier access to music, not "less meaningful" access.

Many family members of mine LOVE music and cherish it no matter if it's an old mixtape, a vinyl, or a Spotify playlist. My friends go to concerts of bands they discovered through youtube, I found a new love of many genres thanks to these services.

The people who don't value music (value as whatever it means for your definition), are just the people who never really got into music. If streaming was non-existent, these people wouldn't suddenly magically get a love of music, they just wouldn't listen to it as much.

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