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Assignment - Study Of Music

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Assignment - Study Of Music

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1IntroductionSince a number of decades, music has been accepted a medium of communication ofemotions, feelings as well as an emotional state of mind (Bennett and Rogers). There are anumber of types and style of music which is heard by almost all people. Music may beplayed, sung as well as heard at liveconcerts. A medium of music is of immense importancebecause it adds value to the songs. Music is at the forefront of the digital revolution (Harvey,2017). The type of medium and the use of instruments in playing music has always been asource of wonder for both the players and the listeners. There are a number of mediums, forinstance, MP3, Vinyl, cassettes, CDs and many others which has been used since decades torecord and play music. These devices have been considered as a good source of recording andplaying music (Posner, 2014). However, due to the advancement in technology there has beena shift in the use of the medium of music.Use of Smartphones, music system, woofers increased tremendously in the past few years.This, in turn, led to a declining in the traditional mediums. But then again, there is asignificant growth in music consumption since past years among the UK population,particularly Vinyl as a medium of music. At present, Vinyl records are enjoying a resurgencein popularity that has outstripped the digital music growth, and have proven the maxim thateverything which is old is new again (Sinclair and Green, 2016). Despite the apparentobsolescence of the physical formats as well as retail spaces, the demand for vinyl recordshas increased tremendously and some of the independent record shops have also become theattractive spaces of vinyl music consumption as well. This essay provides a critical evaluationof the resurgence of vinyl as a medium for music’s consumption. Importance of Medium of MusicThere are a number of mediums that have been created and adopted for the purpose ofrecording the music for listening. These include cassettes, compact discs, and MP3's.Cassettes In the early years, particularly, by the early 1970s, though the quality of sound was average,then again it improved dramatically as soon as it caught up with the quality of 8-track tape.Thereafter, the Compact Cassette went on to become a popular medium of music. This wasan alternative to the Vinyl LP the demand of which increases tremendously. This wascompact and easy to carry from one place to the other, unlike the Vinyl LP system.
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2By the year 2003, most of the major music companies in the United States had superseded theproduction of cassette tapes. However, as of 2012, blank cassettes were still being producedand are still sold at some retail stores, while facilities for cassette duplication remainavailable.Cassettes have continued to serve as a variety of specialized purposes where the othertechnologies cannot replace it. According to the point of view of the scholars Sinclair andTinson, (2017), cassettes are used for audio books for the blind people as well as also have anumber of benefits over other audio media. Lepa and Hoklas (2015) contend that cassettetapes were well-equipped with a label in Braille so that the blind person may read what thecassette actually contained. In addition to this, it has also been a noted fact that cassettes startplaying from that position where it had been stopped playing. This, in turn, had enabled theblind people to move the cassette from one player to another without losing the place.Moreover, Leguina et al (2017) suggest that cassettes were commonly used in courtrecordings. Compact Discs (CDs)Compact discs (CD’s) are digital optical disc data storage formats which are used to storedata such as important files, presentations, movies as well as music. It is a small and portabledevice, unlike Vinyl LP. Since its introduction in the year 1980s, CDs progressively replacedthe pre-recorded cassettes as a distribution medium for commercial music releases. There wasa tremendous increase in the sales of CD's after its introduction in the market because it wasadvantageous for people to procure a CD and record their favorite music as per their ownchoice and playlist, in comparison to the cassettes where there was no option for the samefeature. This is one of the major reasons for the increase in the sale of the CDs. In addition tothis, the CD's were regarded as a secured device which can be carried from one place to theother without the fear of getting tangled reels, as in the case of cassettes.This medium of music consumption grew very faster and within less than a half-decade, itbecame popular among people all over the world. People began to discard the pre-recordedcassettes and purchased CD's to get their playlist at one place as per their choice. There aretwo different types of CD's available in the market, one which is normally used for one-timerecording and another is a re-writable CD which can be used to load files and other forms ofdata more than once depending on the size of the file.
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