Michael D. Ayers, Editor of Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture Interviewed

Editor: Michael D. Ayers
ISBN: 082047861X

Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com, who has recently reviewed Michael D. Ayers' Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture, is honored to have as our guest, Michael D. Ayers.

Good day Michael and thanks for agreeing to participate in our interview.

Norm:

Michael, when and why did you become interested in the subjects that are explored in Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture?

Michael:

About 1999/2000- when I really started to see how Napster was affecting many different areas in the social world. But I guess, really, you could point to 1994- I went to my first phish show in Fairfax, Virginia- and had audio tapes of the show 3 weeks later- from a guy in California- all possible due to Newsgroups. I thought that was fascinating, and would tell people about that at parties as much as I could, even though most didn