This is part of a series about the first decade of the twenty-first century, also known as the Zero Decade or zerodec. Text from DJCline.com.
Music
I started out the decade listening to a 100 compact disk player that functioned like a jukebox from the 1950s. My house looked like a record store with all the price tags removed. I began downloading my CDs onto a Mac and uploading them to one of the first iPods ever made. I no longer traveled with a suitcase full of CDs or looked for radio stations as I drove. I seldom touched the device because I liked every song on it. The shuffle feature broke down the barriers between different kinds of music like rock, soul or country. I learned a good song defies categories.
People stopped buying CDs. Tower Records and scores of other traditional music stores closed. The music business has turned upside down. Ten years ago the money in music for artists was selling recordings, now it is in touring and performing live.
People ask why I don’t review music on my site. Music criticism is so subjective that I don’t know where to begin. If you like it, buy it.
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