Remember making mixtapes for someone to show them you loved them? Or flipping the record and gently dropping the needle, praying it didn’t skip a tune? Society has gone from slow-dancing by the stereo to asking Alexa to play something “chill.” We’re here today to take a look at just how much our music habits have changed over the years, and how we went from listeners to curators; how tech made it all possible, and how we lost a few valuable treasures along the way.
#1: The Phonograph
Imagine a world where music existed only in the moment. Thanks to Edison’s phonograph in the late 1800s, we could finally enjoy music at home. Tunes were suddenly transformed from special events into possessions. And everything changed.
