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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
this is not exactly true.
before digital recordings you had records. before records you had sheet music. sheet music was sold for a couple centuries, and any good home had various sheet music collections for the family to play on piano or guitar or violin or whatever instruments the fammily had. sure, they were creating the music themselves, but they owned it, and it became treasured.
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Yes, I suppose that technically you're right with regard sheet music, although I tend to think the relationship between the
listener at least (rather than the player) did change dramatically with the arrival of the recording in that it was able to become far more of a private relationship, similar in that sense to books.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
of course the enjoyment of music does not depend on the format, but the source for the music does add aesthetics. the aesthetics of a vinyl platter, and the sleeve and the care that must be taken not to damage it, all add to the experience. easy to get, easy to forget I say.
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I completely agree about the aesthetics of a specific format. It's just interesting to me that certain types of music seem to be alone in having artwork that's
so immediately associated with it that there'd be an outcry amongst fans if it was dramatically altered from one re-issue to the next. I'm not sure how or why this happened, but it does strike me as interesting and suggests that for future generations it may not stand.