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The Evolution of Music Consumption: How We Got Here

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"The Evolution of Music Consumption: How We Got Here"

Learn how the lifeblood of society- music- became what it is today.

Spend ten minutes walking down almost any street in the world, and you’ll see a familiar sight: a young person walking down the street with Apple’s iconic white earbuds firmly planted in their ears. They might be bobbing along to the beat, or they could be keeping their head down, just trying to get to work through the crowds.

The rise of the iPod, the music-playing mobile phone, and a number of streaming media platforms all point toward a single, simple idea: music is important. It’s important to people on an individual level, it’s important to the human race on a societal level, and it’s hugely influential to the state of technology. The devices we use to listen to music help shape the technological landscape of the day.

But how did we get here?

When did those white earbuds become synonymous with young people and their portable music player of choice, the ubiquitous iPod? Was the iPod the first MP3 player? How did people listen to music before the Walkman? And where did it all start? The answers to these questions tell us not only about the history of music consumption technology, but also about how people have related to music for the past 150 years.


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