The Golden Age Of Music Laziness

Interesting piece from the Nashville Scene went up recently regarding the current state of music discovery. The piece, entitled It's a golden age of laziness for the music lover, and that's a good thing, can be summed up quite well with this simple line:

Music is utilitarian, and that is now reflected everywhere you look.

There's a lot of high minded waxing and pontificating that could be done on that one line. There was a time that music was sheparded to us via radio or music critics. That turned into smaller niche gatherings of bloggers and passionate fans and that turned into following your friends on Spotify and being fed automated, algorithmic, playlists.

I'm a little biased in my enjoyment of the article because I get a little quote near the end but, honestly, it's a think piece worth regarding even without my unhelpful insight.