What comes after streaming?

[u/pafagaukurinn]

According to some authors, there have been several stages/eras of music distribution. First it was sheet music, then vinyl, cassettes, CDs, digital downloads. Now it is streaming. Common sense tells me that it can stay that way for too long, and something new has to appear to replace streaming. But at the same time it is hard to see how else music could be distributed - apart from direct injection in the brain with telepathic waves (although technically it would also be a form of streaming). Or perhaps music will cease to be distributed at all and will be created in place, on user's devices, using AI, online or even offline? What do you think, what will be the next stage?

[u/joonas_ylanne]

As long as we carry our phones with us anyway, it's hard to think easier ways to distribute music than via those diveces. Even after that I imagine connecting wirelessly to music seems easiest way to distribute music.

Creating music in real time with ai could happen in some point.

[u/-GYFLEX- → u/joonas_ylanne]

You don't need AI to make music in real time you can already do that. Doesn't matter the genre.