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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: The Rise and Fall of the MP3
Description: The mp3 had a spectacular rise…the tech was everywhere…it brought music and the industry into the digital era. But like almost everything in this universe, it has a finite lifespan…it’s still with us and in many ways is still ubiquitous in some circles, but things have changed. And yes, it did kill the music industry—at least the old one that insisted on selling fans their music on pieces of plasticI’m going to try to tell the story of how mp3 technology came into our liv...