The Life Long Student
The other day I stumbled across an interesting writing by a famous flutist who discussed the importance of being a life long student if one hopes to ever learn anything. This is absolutely true in music - you can't improve until you leave yourself vulnerable to the possibility that you could do things better and differently. Ultimately, this brings forth a more rewarding experience for the teacher and the student.
The same thing could be said about technology. In fact, the principle is possibly more important in music technology than music performance. Performance practice for the Baroque era, for example, probably won't change much, if at all, over the next for years, but the music technology of today will become all but a memory in a few years time. The CD players are being phased out by mp3 players, CD sales are dropping due to internet downloads (regardless of the legality), and cassette players are practically extinct.
So where is music technology going next? I think that consolidating technology is probably the next challenge for the industry. I got this idea a few weeks ago when I was shopping for a new cell phone. Cell phones are the perfect example because what was once a device used only to make phone calls now takes pictures, makes short movies, browses the internet, acts as an alarm clock, has a calculator, and keeps your calendar! And NOW - A couple models of the newest cell phones have mp3 players! How cool is that? This feature is still in it's early stages, but if it were possible to seriously store all my mp3s on a cell phone it would be a major technological rival to Apple's iPod.
In conclusion, the world is continually changing, so it is essential to remain an open minded life long student. Who knows what the future brings?!?
The same thing could be said about technology. In fact, the principle is possibly more important in music technology than music performance. Performance practice for the Baroque era, for example, probably won't change much, if at all, over the next for years, but the music technology of today will become all but a memory in a few years time. The CD players are being phased out by mp3 players, CD sales are dropping due to internet downloads (regardless of the legality), and cassette players are practically extinct.
So where is music technology going next? I think that consolidating technology is probably the next challenge for the industry. I got this idea a few weeks ago when I was shopping for a new cell phone. Cell phones are the perfect example because what was once a device used only to make phone calls now takes pictures, makes short movies, browses the internet, acts as an alarm clock, has a calculator, and keeps your calendar! And NOW - A couple models of the newest cell phones have mp3 players! How cool is that? This feature is still in it's early stages, but if it were possible to seriously store all my mp3s on a cell phone it would be a major technological rival to Apple's iPod.
In conclusion, the world is continually changing, so it is essential to remain an open minded life long student. Who knows what the future brings?!?
posted by Elaine @ 12:42 AM
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