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By Raphaël Nowak

This publication addresses the problem of song intake within the electronic period of applied sciences. It explores how members use track within the context in their daily lives and the way, in go back, track acquires definite roles inside daily contexts and extra largely of their lifestyles narratives.

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The initial infatuation for illegal downloading of music has declined over time. Quantitative inquiries mostly interpret these changes based on structural changes in music distribution (see American Assembly, 2012; Bahanovic and Collopy, 2009, 2013; IFPI, 2011, 2012, 2013; Nielsen, 2013; Statista, 2014). Legal sanctions are said to be working efficiently. Music streaming services are presented as the one alternative that finally works. And the heterogeneity of modes of music consumption may simply be a temporary change, a period of transition between the hegemony The Material Modalities of Music Consumption 25 of the CD and the hegemony of streaming services.

Carlos: I guess a lot of that has got to do with how much I can be bothered really. Raphaël: So it is a utilitarian thing as well. Carlos: If I’m definitely too tired to flip records, I’m more likely to go to bed and listen to stuff on my phone before I fall asleep. (Carlos, 33, media communication employee, July 2014) Carlos is one of the five participants that I interviewed twice (in January 2011 and in July 2014). His relationship with music has changed over time (see Chapter 5). He used to pay a lot of attention to every new release and write reviews of them in local DIY music magazines in Brisbane.

This is an element that comes into consideration when pondering over the music technology to use: Raphaël: How do you decide whether it’s from vinyl or computer when you’re home? Carlos: I guess a lot of that has got to do with how much I can be bothered really. Raphaël: So it is a utilitarian thing as well. Carlos: If I’m definitely too tired to flip records, I’m more likely to go to bed and listen to stuff on my phone before I fall asleep. (Carlos, 33, media communication employee, July 2014) Carlos is one of the five participants that I interviewed twice (in January 2011 and in July 2014).

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