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Earlier this week, we asked British rock icon Marianne Faithfull what’s on her iPod. We’d also like to know what’s on your iPod. And in a few minutes, we’ll tell you how to tell us.
That question — “what’s on your iPod?” — is simply another way of asking what you’re listening to.
This small portable-on-demand hard drive just makes life easier: you don’t have to carry around a bunch of tapes or CDs anymore and a device to play them on.
Music listening is more convenient these days. But for many, the sound of these compressed mp3 files isn’t necessarily better. And I’m not referring just to baby-boomers who believe that vinyl is superior to any sounds buried on a hard drive.
Enter Argentine recording artist Gustavo Cerati.
Cerati: “One of my ideas for this album is to release it in vinyl.”
That album is Cerati’s latest effort, “Fuerza Natural.” Through the 80s and most of the 90s, Cerati was the frontman of trio Soda Stereo. You may not know them.
But Soda Stereo was the latin rock band that towered above all others, selling 10 million albums in their 15 years together. They were the Police of the Spanish-speaking world, before Rock en Espanol even had a name. In 1997, though, they disbanded.
Gustavo Cerati has continued to make music as a solo artist. He’s also been a devoted audiophile. And it’s been in the ten years since Soda Stereo broke up that so many changes have occurred in how people listen to music. Cerati says he’s not a fan of this brave new world.
Cerati: “The mp3 and the telephone music doesn’t sound good for me. And I spend a lot of time and money to give my songs a good sound for me. And it’s horrible the music that’s going around.”
And that’s why Cerati released Fuerza Natural on CD and vinyl. It’s just come out. His label Sony has also offered it in a downloadable format. But Cerati is betting his preferred medium, vinyl, will provide listeners a better sense of what he does as an artist.
So what is on your iPod? Or — what are you listening to on CD, cassette, or vinyl? We’d love to hear about any music from any parts of the world that you’ve recently discovered that you can’t get enough of.
Click here and let us know what music you’re listening to…
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