Technology of Recordings

Technology has created where one could listen to a concert of music from the 50's or earlier, before one had to go to a concert. Chamber music was done so that people could play together at their houses, whether they had learnt to read music like in classical or play folk music by ear. Before, actually there were more people playing instruments with the number of people living in that town or city. Now, people rely on recordings and lesser of videos. Therefore, less people in general have to generate their sound. The 80's saw the advent cds, then came computers, then they figured they could download. Before a citizen of a country would hear a few concerts in a life time, unless they were a traveling musician. Now, if one wants one can hear music continuously. Does it deafen the ears or the brains to be bombarded by information? A person on the radio might hear on the radio in one day with it on, what someone might have heard in a life time, even much less. A person living in the 60's or 70's treasured their recordings, but now there are so many downloads, of endless music or anything else for that matter. Still, there is less of oneself, less time certainly for oneself. For every great advancement there is drawback. Yet, information is precious, just not at the stack of oneself. In slowing things down we see things clearly for their real value. There records had value for their insightful covers and notes and inside art. The cds are great in their non scratch aspect. Certainly, the value of a concert is totally incredible, as well as the versatility of books that go any where and one can flip one open. The value of a fountain pen, when the rush of an idea comes to one in the midst of the ocean surf watching the pelicans dive from the pier, as the moon slowly gleams from beyond the approaching night.