Sunday Music Discovery 2/4/12

Cameron Sheldon

Sunday Music Discovery 2/4/12

            For this week’s music discovery, I will be discussing the iPod and how it changed how people listen to music. The iPod is a portable music player created by Apple and first released in 2001 along with iTunes. The iPod goes hand-in-hand with iTunes because one downloads music using iTunes. It has revolutionized the way people look at listening to music away from home. Since its release, the iPod has changed in form and features, evolving from the iPod Classic to the latest iPod Touch. The iPod is important to music because it has given the general public a “hip” way to listen to music. Not only does the iPod let you listen to music, it also lets you play games. Apple has sold over 300 million iPods since its release and it shows no sign of slowing down. I believe that until people stop making music, the iPod will still exist and sell. Some problems with the iPod throughout its history have been its battery life. For example, Apple has fought in numerous law suits over false advertising because apple claimed that its iPods could sustain music playback for a certain amount time, while in the real world sustaining that amount of time was impossible. In addition, Apple has received many complaints due to the iPod’s unreliable hard drives. Overall however, the iPod is an amazing creation that has helped the music industry greatly.

Cameron Sheldon