As a DJ, product person, voracious music consumer (aren’t we all), I think a lot about how we consume media. When I lived in NYC in my early 20s, I would often go to Other Music, the venerable and now out of business record store in NoHo. I would browse the CDs and vinyls in the “recommended picks” section. I still have many of these CDs and records, and their cover art is etched in my visual memory.I can’t say the same for any of the 1644 artists I listen to on Spotify last year. We go throu...

As a DJ, product person, voracious music consumer (aren’t we all), I think a lot about how we consume media. When I lived in NYC in my early 20s, I would often go to Other Music, the venerable and now out of business record store in NoHo. I would browse the CDs and vinyls in the “recommended picks” section. I still have many of these CDs and records, and their cover art is etched in my visual memory.I can’t say the same for any of the 1644 artists I listen to on Spotify last year. We go throu...