I'm 30 and got my first CD player around '92 but my sister (10 years older) and I bought tapes well in to the mid-90s after that it was all CD.
No, my exposure to cassette tapes came from buying them and using them, recording over them etc.
And it's no surprise to see the old timers liking your post. Makes them feel powerful. lol
Strike! Another arrogant Yank. What a day! Jesus.
It's not about technological advancement. It's about cultures that linger. That happens in all countries. When CDs came out, do you think people IMMEDIATELY threw out their tapes? Nope. Hence why youngsters still totally know what they are. If they do not, then I would question the intelligence of the child, not the obscurity of dated technology.
1995 - 75% of music sales were CD
Therefore, someone that is 29 was 10 years old then. You think a 10 year old doesn't listen to music? LOL.
I think you are seriously over-estimating the value of history lessons from a then 10 year old.
You are also over-estimating the value of a cassette to a DJ. The history of professional DJs is performing with vinyl, CDs, and digital media. The cassette has never been used by a professional DJ for anything but archiving, save but, the multi-op mobile DJs who used it for piracy (U.S.) and duplicating (Canada et. al.) until the CD-R came along.
...an opinion not a fact - from someone who's been a DJ longer than you've been alive.
While you may have had a specific agenda to buy and use cassettes, most people do not .. and have not since the early 90's.
And our point is that this 'lingering culture' you describe .. isn't happening and doesn't exist here. The majority of 'youngsters' here grew up with iPods. Could there be some rare people using them? Sure .. but it's certainly not common - and if anything, they're nothing more than home / personal use items. No one 'rocks out' with cassettes.
You think 10 year olds were buying cassettes? If so, did they get the money from their full time jobs? If the answer is no, then the parents most likely bought a CD version of whatever it was (if available).
I agree with all of this, except for the mobile dj piracy / duplication statement. Plenty of us bought them and used them properly. The musical medium didn't go from record straight to CD. It went from record to cassette to CD.
Ok, you just don't understand what 'lingering culture' means, so I will not even bother to reply until you do.
Don't think! Be sure.
Wow! Al Green is what this board needed. Homie loves to debate. New members always bring new fun. Welcome to the board Al.
Wow! Al Green is what this board needed. Homie loves to debate. New members always bring new fun. Welcome to the board Al.
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