Rock is the new jazz and vinyl's misleading revival: 5 things I've learned as Guardian music editor | Michael Hann

I’m leaving the Guardian after 11 great years covering music – years during which a great deal has changed in the way music is created and sold

Today is my last day at the Guardian, after 16 years, the last 11 of which have been spent covering music, and most of them running the Guardian’s music coverage. I started covering music at a point when downloading was the big threat to the music industry, but physical sales were still dominant; when guitar bands were still dominating the conversation, and still huge; when almost all of the Guardian’s coverage was in print, rather than online. Oh, how things change. So, if you’ll bear with me, I’d like to offer some brief thoughts on what I’ve picked up.