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When I was really little I can remember listening to Mr. Roboto by Stix on a record that my parents had. We had a huge record and cassette player that I got to have in my room. -
I can remember my mom gave me a mix tape for my birthday that had all my favorite songs on it. Still to this day I think about all the time that she had to spend to get all those songs from the radio for me! -
I can still remember when I got my first CD it was amazing. I had Spice Girls and Elton John! -
This device was my first mobile music device! You had a small player and then you had to buy different songs. You would insert the song into the player and then it would play around 30 seconds of the song. -
The discman was huge. I think mine had 8 seconds of anti skip technology. This made music truly portable for me! -
Burned CD's were like the mixtapes of the early 2000's. My sisters and I would burn hundreds of cd's for each other and we were always trying to one up each other on what we named them! -
When iTunes came out it was a game changer. You could upload all of your cd's to iTunes and burn cd's from there. They also had albums that you could purchase. -
When I started driving my car didn't have a cd player only a cassette player. The first thing I did was buy a cassette adapter for my car. You could plug it into your Discman and later on iPod to listen in the car. -
When I got an iPod for my birthday, I spent the whole night uploading music to it. There was not a bluetooth connection, you had to plug it in to your computer and upload everything and it took forever! -
These in-ear headphones got me through high school! I had long hair so I could hide the cord and then run it down my sweatshirt and listen to my iPod during class! -
Smart phones were a game changer. You could store and listen to music right on the phone! -
Limewire was a totally illegal way to download music that you could burn to your cd's. I might have used it, A LOT! -
Pandora was one of the first music streaming services (that was legal) that I can remember. You couldn't build playlists, but you could put artists and songs that you like and it would generate a playlist. -
The iPhone was the first smartphone that I got that I truly loved. You still had to connect it to your iTunes account to get all your music on it, but it was amazing! -
Now you never have to connect your phone or device to the computer to upload all of your songs. All of the music is on your phone, you can download, delete, and create playlists right on your phone. -
Now there are so many options for streaming music. You don't have to buy music at all, you just stream the songs that you like! -
I recently got AirPods, finally. They are amazing! Kids these days will never know the struggle of trying to hide those cords!