Music on Demand - Gone is the thrill of the hunt.

Have you noticed that we as society that we tend to want things NOW?   The internet has made "the thrill of the hunt" pretty much non-existent.  Really want that new song by Miley Cyrus?  All you have to do is go to iTunes or Amazon music and it's playing on your computer/mp3 player is seconds.  Before, you had to make a trip to Tower Records, or The Wherehouse and pray that it would be in stock.  Remember these places?

I miss the days of flipping through bins at a record store and it's sad that this generation won't experience this.  Oh, I guess you can at Amoeba or Streetlight Records and the limited supply of CD's at Target or something like that, but the thrill of spending hours and hours looking for music is pretty much extinct, and it's something that I don't believe is coming back.

Even the radio is personalized.  When the invention of Pandora, IHeartRadio and now the new iTunes radio, we are able to type in an artist and get a virtual playlist of the artist and other artists of that genre.  But we are able to listen to what we want NOW.  Students say they listen to the radio in the car and I always ask if it is an FM station or XM Satellite radio.  I always applaud listening to the REAL radio (AM/FM radio) because there is still some hope that patience in the way we listen to music might still be alive and well.  We tune into a radio station hoping that in our listening experience, we'll hear that new Miley Cyrus song.  And in 1970's-80's. we'd wait patiently by the radio to hear that song and hit the record button on the cassette player in hopes to capture that song for later listening.  Now, we can get it in seconds if we want it.  What's more fun, the thrill of the hunt, or instant gratification?

In Jr High this week, we'll begin sharing our music for one another.  Hopefully, our students will hear some things they have never heard before and perhaps be interested in them.  Music is sometimes considered a personal "thing" and is a tough thing to share for fear of not being "accepted" because of the music we listen to.  We'll be talking about how we shouldn't judge a person by the music they listen to - just like we wouldn't judge because of hair style, clothing or things like that.

Don't forget the school Mass on Friday where we will celebrate our School Families and St Francis.  Mass is 10:30am, come and worship with us!!!

Mr. Mattei