Chapter 1. The History of Music Distribution—From Piano Rolls to iTunes

Things change. How you get your music today is much different from how I got it when I was a kid, which was much different from how my parents got their music. Mainly, this is due to changing technology; we have much different recording and delivery technology today than in years past.

The more things change, however, the more they remain the same. Music lovers want to collect the music ...

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