The Wire Episode 8: The Digital Democracy of Sound
Series: The Wire
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Length: 00:52:55
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Piece Description
Digital technology has changed how we find, how we make and how we listen to music. Sometimes it's easier to get a hold of your favourite track than it is to get a good cup of coffee. Sounds are sampled, mmixed, and shared on a scale that eclipses our wildest dreams from even a decade ago. This has created wonderful and terrible consequences, opening the door to pirates but also to a new world of music - the fourth world, where anything is possible.