[tkgally]

> Music has never been in a better place.

I have to agree. I’m 66 years old. When I was in my late teens, I was intensely into music and doing my best to explore and learn about a variety of genres.

It was hard. I couldn’t afford to buy many albums, the music played on the radio was limited, and the only way to hear obscure music that I had read about was to go to a large public or university library and hope that they might have the records in their collection.

Now I can listen to nearly any music I want to with just a few clicks. There are also many great streaming channels for discovering music I didn’t know about—I particularly like BBC Sounds, especially Radio 3. My 19-year-old self never could have dreamt of such riches.

[amanaplanacanal]

I’m the same age, and totally agree. Sometime in the late 80s or early 90s I decided to figure out what electronic dance music was all about. This was early house and techno times. It was essentially impossible. There was no scene in my city. Now I feel like there’s an embarrassment of riches, more than I could ever listen to.

[pixxel]

You may like this John Peel archive to (re)discover music:

https://davestrickson.blogspot.com/2020/05/john-peel-session...