Music is amazing.
Music is eternal and temporary all at once.
Eternal because it will live in memory forever. A song can outlast the most familial memory. Some people remember their children’s names by remembering songs. Other people even name their children after a song, their favorite song. And then there are those who name their pets after songs, or even artists, they like. There are many dogs currently out there named Gaga and Swift.
Temporary?
How a piece of music is temporary varies with each style of recording. For instance, with vinyl, the process of listening is performed by dragging a diamond needle across plastic. Diamonds can cut glass. It only makes sense that the vinyl would eventually be worn down to nothing.
For cassette tapes, the tape is recorded magnetically and read magnetically. Listening involves dragging the tape over a piece of metal. Eventually the magnetic properties diminish.
In digital music, the code isn’t necessarily degradable, but the file storage is. Hard drives, USB drives, and SD cards are all made of degradable stuff. So, eventually….
The beautiful thing is, in everyone’s mind, there’re thousands of songs, right there where the music will never die.
Xenosthesia.com 