Over the years the media has changed dramatically and one way of looking at it is its change from analog to digital. Nowadays, it is very easy to produce music, movies, and artwork from home rather than from renting out a studio or buying expensive programs. In remembering in class, you told a story about your file sharing in high school, recording friends music off of cassette tapes. Relating to now, the same concept works, however it is way easier and faster. Instead of manually copying it, as all we need to do is connect online and send through computers. This modern way of file sharing has a lot of pros; easier, faster, and without the purchases of CD's or tapes people are saving money.
One thing that came to mind when thinking about movies and how they have changed through digital processing is that the quality has gotten a lot better. Aside from having a plasma TV, one can receive great quality from specific DVD's themselves from just being modern and great quality. Recently I watched 101 Dalmatians, which is animated, however compared to something like Lilo & Stitch, the animation quality is a lot different. I almost would like to say that I like the quality in 101 Dalmatians better, as it looks more drawn rather than just full out animated from a computer. With sound, I feel it is hard for us to distinguish sound now from sound a few decades back as more people are buying televisions with surround sound or just high quality speakers which makes the sound more realistic. I'm sure if someone who hadn't watched a film for 30 years would be amazed at the difference in sound, but since we have gradually been listening as it has changed, it is hard to notice.
In thinking about the music I have, I think about what my life was like before I got Itunes. I had a lot of CD's that took up a lot of space. Once getting Itunes, I burned all of my CD's onto my computer so it would be quicker and faster to find certain songs. I enjoy having all of my music in front of me on one page however I do believe there is a downside to this. Before I had itunes I would listen to certain CD's in my room or in my car. I can remember the first time I came to california in the rental car all we listened to was my Yellowcard CD, so now whenever I listen to that CD it reminds me of that time when I came here. When listening to CD's even after I had itunes, I would make mixes then listen to them through a CD player or a car and still be aware of exactly what song would play next. When I first started listening to my iPod I would play it on shuffle and having so many songs it would get annoying because before I would only listen to a specific genre or album at the same time. Considering I have over 3000 songs it is rare that a song of the same artist or album would play in a row. One thing I have discovered that can solve my problem is that on itunes we can make playlists so what I do is make playlists then when I'm driving or just listening to music I will put on a specific playlist depending on my mood. I enjoy having all my music together on this library however I realize that I do not give each song its equal respect. Their is even a portion of songs I have never played all the way through - or even played at all.
I feel I have a strong relationship with media. I enjoy playing on Garage band - a program on macs where you can create your own songs with a variety of beats to choose from, which also lets you import sections from your itunes library too. This application is fun to play around with and lets me understand how music is made in the studios. I appreciate the technology we have today and feel it is good for our society.
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