From Vinyl to Online

The musical landscape has changed in a major way over the last fifty years. Back in the 1940s, people would pop a vinyl record onto a gramophone player and chill out to their favourite music. In the 1960s, the cassette tape replaced the vinyl record and became the standard recording material. Then, in the 1980s, compact discs or CDs (compact discs) became the norm. But although CDs were deemed to be pricey and cumbersome, they were unavoidable as it was the acceptable music format at that time.

The Internet was then invented, and with its advent, the downloading of music from the Web became possible. In 1999, open-source software was created, which allowed users to swap music files with the use of a centralised server. Before long, it became the hype as it allowed music enthusiasts to download their favourite songs in a format that did not cost them a penny, and was much less bulkier than a CD. However, record executives were not pleased, thus started a war that had the record industry army on one side and the masses of discontented music enthusiasts on the other.

Shortly after this fuss though, artists have found a way to benefit from this software by making their music available to their fans through legal downloads-that is, they get to promote themselves and their music online to a wider audience, and their fans can take advantage of downloading their favourite singles for just a wee bit of the cost of purchasing a CD.

Your favourite Christian singer, Kenneth Benson, is one of those artists. Aside from getting a copy of his CD, you can also download your favourite Kenneth Benson songs through your favourite music sharing sites.