Culture Conforms

The American Culture of reading and writing has transformed into a read only culture. Many citizens sit around watching tv constantly, ( my own retired father is one of them). The media has captured us and put us into this pandoras box, which only they have the key to release us from yet they won't.

Thankfully their are a few type A people left in the technological world, who want to make a difference and use digital technology to help humanity for the better. My mother a librarian for 39 years has activily held this stance with me since I was a child. Which is probalby why I have read so many books yet I am movie deprived until... Netflix, Hulu and the persuasion of my friends that I watch more television and movies. However as a musician I do a good deal of research online today when finding: sheet music, albums, and information about the music I am performing. The new technologys that have been created such as Sound Cloud to share music and help all the artists out there looking for ways to promote themselves is incredible.

The music community has been on the cutting edge of technology and digital promotion for qutie sometime. From Itunes to Wikaphonia and the millions of other sights that are out there to help you expand your career as fast as possible. Even so I have always been a creator and that is why this new age of digital creation is so exciting. With the changes that are constantly happening in todays world there are so many options for how we can expand our education systems as well as public domain materails and just the sources that are available online.

Clay Shirky described the digital technology media as a race emphasizing that it should really be a triathalon where people produce, share and view the information. I feel that we are now on our way to accepting the new things technology can teach us and help us with more so esspecially with our children because they are the future.