Well yes, I intended XX… but unfortunately My niece’s mother was crazy and XXX works with her daughter… as well a drugs… sad. Good news, she is 32 years old and still alive. I would have bet against it.
Implications of vinyl on musical trends?
I’ve been super enamored with vinyl since making the leap from digital. My mom gave me her old records; mother-in-law gave us hers; aunts and uncles have offered theirs, etc. Throughout my life it seems vinyl was always around. Maybe it was tucked away in a closet, but it was there—albeit a bit dustier during the 1990s. As a result of its ubiquitous nature, it logically influenced musical trends in a similar hand-me-down sort of way (e.g. blues to Zeppelin et al).
I’ve watched over the years as rock & roll struggled and was always a bit vexed by it. I generally chalked it up to aging; but, it struck me that maybe the decline of vinyl directly contributed to the decline of rock & roll. Could it be that the decline of vinyl caused some sort of musical schism? Or, maybe the “decline” was simply another evolution (though to what, I cannot say)? I find it interesting that the resurgence of vinyl seems to correlate with a younger rock movement (e.g. Greta Van Fleet). Nothing deep, profound, or particularly meaningful…just something I was thinking about on a random Saturday.