Streaming: Music to the ears

 Thanks to the rapid development of technology, music recording has expanded into a massive and flexible digital network. And with that, comes evolving and higher demands from consumers, whose lives now meteorite on the fast lane, heady and high with upbeat hip-hop that came with advances in technology. In recent years, there has been a growing need for on-demand entertainment. Many consumers, particularly the young generation now prefer to have their entertainment “on the go” as and when, and where they want it. Hence, on-demand entertainment or digital streaming is the name of the game, and is taking the world by storm given its affordability and fluid mobility. Eric Harvey of the Chicago-based Pitchfork Media points out that the idea of music streaming has been around for more than a century. He noted, in fact, it can be traced back to 1888 with Edward Bellamy predicting the idea of listening to streamed music via phone lines when he wrote his science fiction novel “Looking Backward”.

 Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/13/streaming-music-to-the-ears/