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Monday, September 6, 2021

passing the time with music

as a kid I remember
placing the needle onto
the groove of vinyl records
 
in time music played
from cassette tapes
I collected in boxes
 
in college shiny CDs
eliminated the risk
of broken tapes
 
now electronic devices
fill my silence with
nostalgic songs



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18 comments:

  1. GraceSeptember 6, 2021 at 7:29 PM

    Those nostalgic songs bring back happy memories of these times. I like that groove of vinyl records.

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  2. indybevSeptember 6, 2021 at 8:01 PM

    "Electronic things" replaced groovin', I guess! Farewell to vinyl.

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  3. De JacksonSeptember 6, 2021 at 8:34 PM

    It's a very different sound, isn't it? I love this.

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  4. JadeLiSeptember 6, 2021 at 8:43 PM

    Music formatting has come a long way over time...

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  5. Gillena CoxSeptember 6, 2021 at 11:55 PM

    I know about the needle in the groove from my childhood. We have come a long way

    Happy you dropped by my blog

    Much💛love

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  6. LucySeptember 7, 2021 at 12:15 AM

    Ah, so beautifully expressed! Love how you delved into how music and technology changed. :D

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  7. Ron RowlandSeptember 7, 2021 at 5:21 AM

    Very nice. I believe many of us have made that four-step progression.

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  8. paeansunpluggedSeptember 7, 2021 at 9:44 AM

    How listening to and recording music has transitioned! Wonderfully written.

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  9. BillSeptember 7, 2021 at 12:04 PM

    Nicely done. Mine too. :-)

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  10. HelenSeptember 7, 2021 at 12:56 PM

    Who would have predicted "playlists" ... not me. But I am thankful for their ease, and I really enjoyed your Quadrille.

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  11. TruedessaSeptember 7, 2021 at 2:10 PM

    Music always grooves no matter the mode.

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  12. brudbergSeptember 7, 2021 at 3:52 PM

    I have been travelling the same road... and with streaming music, I have every song available.

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  13. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comSeptember 7, 2021 at 5:29 PM

    I've also gone through each of those venues for producing music. We recently had a bunch of casette tapes we'd made, converted to CDs. Now though....many don't even use CDs since you can stream music through your phone. It strikes me, how many items would be on a list if you wrote down everything your phone has replaced: telephone, telephone book, encyclopedia, calendar, camera, photo albums, weather forecaster, etc etc etc!!!

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  14. Arcadia MariaSeptember 7, 2021 at 5:55 PM

    Thank you everyone. :)

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  15. ben AlexanderSeptember 9, 2021 at 3:31 AM

    CDs were a thing when I was in HS... I totally relate to this piece, Arcadia! Spotify and Youtube are my resources today!

    All best,
    David [ben Alexander]

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  16. purplepeninportland.comSeptember 10, 2021 at 8:01 PM

    I miss those vinyl record days, album covers, and liner notes,

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