
Most things written about music examine what we listen to: an up and coming producer doing something interesting, a new remix that improves upon the original song. Let's instead take a moment to think about how we listen to our music collection. My knowledge of music history doesn't go back much farther than the 20th century, so let's start around there. First, there was the album: ten to twenty songs in a pre-determined order, usually lasting from 40-80 minutes. There are two ways to view the album: a) The album itself is [...]