Portability of Music

The portability of music in the 21st century has changed so much in my lifetime. From what I remember the first thing that came out was the walkman. Yes, I had one. I remember that it was just so cool if you owned a walkman because you could either listen to the radio or listen to your cassette tape that you had whenever you wanted. I had gotten a walkman for Christmas one year and then about a week later I had to fly to Dallas and I left my walkman at the airport and of course it got stolen, but that one week I had it was pretty awesome. Next came the portable cd player. The cd player was better because you didn't have to rewind the thing once the whole album had played; it would just start back at the beginning. That and you could skip songs by the press of a button which was relatively new. The cd player was thinner than the walkman but it was in the shape of a circle to be able to hold the cd so it was a bit bulkier. And finally, the iPod. I think the iPod is pretty self explanitory. So we went from a giant cassette tape to a really thin cd to an mp3 in less than 20 years. It's amazing to think back and realize what our means of portable music used to be compared to what it is now. I can't wait to see what will happen with the portability of music in the next 20 years or so.