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Ongoing History of New Music

The History of Portable Music - Part 1

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

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

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

One of the many great things about music is that we can enjoy it anywhere…I’m talking about the recorded kind…everyone has a smartphone, and every smartphone has the capability of playing music, whether you’re listening to tracks stored in its memory or streaming something from a service like Spotify or apple music…as long as your device has juice, you can enjoy listening to music anywhere you are… Take this program, for example…in its radio show form, it’s being heard in homes, cars, offices, and workplaces either over the air or through a stream…if you’re listening to the podcast, you might have downloaded it to a phone, a tablet or a laptop which you can fire up anywhere at your convenience… But imagine for moment that you couldn’t take your music with you…if you wanted to listen to your favourite songs, you had to be present in a specific place and you couldn’t move from it…and that usually meant music inside the home—or perhaps someplace with something like a jukebox… This might sound absolutely awful to you…I mean, we’re so used to conjuring up music whenever we want and wherever we are…we take it with us everywhere…it’s hard to imagine life without that ability… That’s the way it was for most of human history, though…for centuries and centuries, the only way to make music portable was to bring a musical instrument with you and play it yourself… The idea of making recorded music portable—at least in a way that is convenient, cheap, and reliable—is more recent than you might think…and it went through way more incarnations than you may realize… What do you say we take a look at the history of portable music?... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.5

One of the many great things about music is that we can enjoy it anywhere.

0:56.9

I'm talking about the recorded kind. Everyone has a smartphone and every smartphone has the

1:02.0

capability of playing music, whether you're listening to tracks stored in its memory or streaming

1:06.7

something from a service like Spotify or Apple Music. As long as your device has juice, you can enjoy

1:12.6

listening to music anywhere you are at any time. Take this program, for example. In its radio show

1:19.0

form, it's being heard at homes and cars and offices and workplaces, either over the air or through

1:24.7

a stream. If you're listening to the podcast, you might have downloaded to a phone or a tablet or

1:30.1

laptop, which you can fire up anywhere at your convenience.

1:33.6

But imagine for a moment that you could not take your music with you.

1:38.4

If you wanted to listen to your favorite songs, you had to be present in some specific

1:42.4

place, and you couldn't move from that space.

1:46.3

And that usually meant music inside the home, or perhaps with something like a jukebox.

1:51.3

This may sound absolutely awful to you. I mean, we're so used to conjuring up music whenever

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