Digital Debris Part 3: Liner Notes

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

History, Music, Music Commentary, Music History, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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When you listen to music through a streaming music service, how aware are you of what you’re listening to?...sure, you can look at the screen, but what does that tell you?...the name of the artist, the name of the song, maybe the name of the album…how much time has elapsed, how much is left in the song… But say you’re intrigued by what you’re hearing, and you want to know more…that means you’ve got to search the internet…Wikipedia is usually surprisingly accurate when it comes to learning more about a song or an album…who produced it, the engineer, the name of the studio, the supporting players, and so worth… I mean, it does the job, but it feels kinda lacking…a bit antiseptic… And then if you want lyrics, you have to search other sites…and again, these sites do a decent job, but…*sigh*… Okay, I’ll just say it…I miss liner notes…I miss being able to sort through all the printing in a cd booklet or on a vinyl record…there’s something mysteriously cool about learning something about the artist or the music by finding something buried in the liner notes… Writing and compiling this text used to be a big deal…people were paid good money and even won awards for writing liner notes…the industry has specialists for this sort of thing… But as we get deeper and deeper into the digital era, liner notes are disappearing along with the concept of B-sides and bonus tracks, and album artwork…it’s all part of the evolution of music culture… This is final part a series marking these changes…this is digital debris 3: liner notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing
0:04.3	history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:09.3	One thing before we start the show.
0:11.2	I want to let you know about a special interview you'll hear at the end of this episode.
0:15.6	It's with a host of a brand-new podcast called ArtCatex, the Architects of Art.
0:23.1	The cool thing is this show is hosted by Director X and Tash Critchlow, two of the biggest music video directors on the planet. These guys are
0:28.7	responsible for game-changing videos from artists like Drake and Coldplay and Kendrick Lamar and so many
0:33.6	more. Hope you enjoyed the discussion. I sure did. That's coming up at the end of this episode.
0:38.5	All right, let's get on with things. When you listen to music through a streaming music service,
0:43.2	how aware are you of what you're actually listening to? Okay, sure, you can look at the screen,
0:49.4	but what does that tell you? Okay, the name of the artist, the name of the song, maybe the name
0:53.6	of the album. How much time has elapsed? How much time the artist, the name of the song, maybe the name of the album.
0:54.8	How much time is elapsed?
0:56.1	How much time is left in the song?
0:58.5	But let's say you're intrigued by what you're hearing and you want to know more.
1:03.2	That means you gotta search the internet.
1:06.2	Wikipedia is surprisingly accurate when it comes to learning more about a song or an album,
1:10.4	at least usually,
1:11.6	who produced it, the engineer, the name of the studio, the supporting players, and so forth.
1:17.3	I mean, it does the job, but, you know, it does feel kind of lacking, a bit antisepting.
1:23.9	And then if you want lyrics, you have to search other sites.
1:26.9	And again, these sites do a very decent job.
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