MP3 Digital
Music
MP3 Players are Here to Stay Awhile
Longer
The rave continues about MP3 digital
music so I guess the world of musical downloads is here to
stay awhile longer. Mp3 digital music is one of the most
popular forms of entertainment these days. This new form of
listening to tunes just seems to make sense, and is a
natural step forward in the world today. Everything else is
digital these days so why not music?
While music is still purchased in the
form of CDs, it is very often converted into mp3 digital
music for use on a computer or mp3 player. Indeed, sometimes
it seems like CD players are all but obsolete now, and I
almost never use mine anymore.
However, it is nice to have my songs
backed up on CDs, and I try to keep my CD collection current
even if I’m not listening to them directly very much. I
have an innate distrust of computers and all things purely
digital, and I’m just waiting for my digital music
players to explode any day now.
Why Record Digital Music on MP3
?
Mp3 players have a lot of nice
advantages to them over CDs. First of all, they are of
course much smaller. Most of these devices can easily fit
into your pocket, unlike bulky CD players. Even the smallest
portable CD player is enormous compared to the average mp3
player.
Also, mp3 digital music can be stored
on a hard drive of an mp3 player or computer, and so no CDs
are needed. You can load up all the tunes you desire right
to your computer, and never have to worry about losing it or
scratching a cd.
The iPod is Boss
One of the most popular portable
digital music players today is Apple’s iPod, and since
it’s made by Apple it just has to be different.
Therefore it does not use the mp3 digital music files other
players use, and instead uses its own spiffy Apple format
exclusive to iPods.
As an owner of both an mp3 player and
an iPod, this fact continuously frustrates me, as it is
nothing short of a pain in the ass to transfer music from
one player to the other.
These units are of a fairly small file
size, which comes in handy if computer disk space is a
problem. My laptop has a 120 GB hard drive on it, and I can
fit my entire music collection on it in the mp3 digital
music format without making a dent in the overall space
available.
Some experts believe that the mp3
digital music format poses some serious threats to the music
industry, as it is so easy to share and pass around. But,
I've heard that since the invention of wax records. Go
figure...
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