From The Earth

I think Gabe makes a good point here.

The point being that we shouldn’t get sniffy about the latest new technology and the way that music is changing. There will always be a new thing, and for the next generation that new thing will probably have the potential to build all the memories and nostalgia that our thing had.

And maybe all the kicks we need in the future will come from phones, and 3D headsets, and anything else yet to come. Maybe, perhaps, the acoustic, unplugged sound that moves me most will die away completely in the future.

But I don’t believe it will. We are human. And our connection to the ground means that digital experience will never be quite enough. I think we will go on needing something to hold, something to touch, and something to make.

Acoustic music was around for thousands of years before electronics came along. And even if it becomes less influential for a season, I think something primal inside of us will always rediscover it.

The brave new digital universe is an addition, and sometimes an enhancement, to the simpler acoustic world. Not a replacement.

We are from the earth.