Toby J. Hess
Professor Paschke
Humanities 220
April 15, 2015
Technology: The Effects on Music throughout History
Music and technology aid one another. In a way a person can capture music they love through technology and then the electronic companies flourish due to the sale and popularity of these electronic devices. If a person wants to listen to music they can turn on a stereo or TV, choose a CD or DVD to play, or listen to a songs downloaded in ITunes. All of these devices are proof to show how technology is used to record, play, and change the way music is heard. A look through history will show how far society has come in music alone. The development of technology has changed the way the music industry operates and the way society hears and purchases music today.
It started off with humming, then singing. People sang in church choirs, in the living room, or on a stage. Music can be heard by vocals or by the melodic tune of instruments. People paid to go to symphonies and listen to composers perform their masterpieces. Family gathered around the piano, or at a church to listen to music on the holidays. Music was not portable, nor was it recordable. According to the novel, Looking Backward in 1888, the philosophy was that technology was the “solution to the ills plaguing modern life and the means to achieve a perfect society” (Katz, 51). Meaning that life was boring and technology was the answer to bettering and changing society. In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the
There have been many technological advances throughout that past four decades within music production and many have argued that without the boom of the digital culture the popular music of today not be as it is today. This paper will examine an extremely important technological change of the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties that has helped shape popular music of today.
Technology and music have always been interlinked. As technology improves ways of recording and distributing music improves. Over history we have gone from scratchy records to clear and portable MP3s. New and innovative technology have helped to shape America’s culture as a nation.
Perhaps an even greater example of technology’s influence on the music industry is told with the
events during this period. People's view of the world and their relationship to it began to go
Music can come from natural resources, as well as man made instruments. All around us, everyday, are sounds called music. Rain can produce a pattern on a roof that can be called music, although there are not sets of notes or pitches for rain. Leaves rustling in the wind can conjure up in the mind's eye some sort of reed instrument. Wind itself sounds like a beautiful whistle of some sort. Even water has a kind of rhyme that fits the quota for music. Even footsteps can be called musical. Music itself can be considered subjective. For some, music can be the beautiful Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. For others, it could be the bizarre Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass. So it is no surprise that the changes in musical tastes various so much
Music has played a vital role in human culture and evidence based on archaeological sites can date it back to prehistoric times. It can be traced through almost all civilizations in one form or another. As time has progressed so has the music and the influences it has on people. Music is an important part of popular culture throughout the world, but it is especially popular in the United States. The music industry here is, and has been, a multi-million dollar business that continues to play an important role in American popular culture. This is also a art form and business that is forever changing as the times and more importantly, technology changes. Technology has changed the way music is made as well as how it is produced,
The music of America has become very diverse, as it should be, with each person taking and bringing influences from styles of music in the US and all over the world to create new blends. With the amount of people in the music industry today a musician who has a different sound than anybody else will definitely turn a few heads. Some make it bigger than others, but the music tends to hold a particular sound, especially if the singer uses their roots as an influence in the music.
1. How is the history of European and Arabic cultural contact reveal through musical characteristics in places such as Spain and Bulgaria?
Throughout history, music has evolved and branched off into many different categories, each of which have distinct styles and orchestrations; there is classical music that is centuries old and today there is modern contemporary music that is often synthesized or played with electronic instruments. There are also many ways that the two styles can cross over each other; this is seen in popular music and a lot of video game music. Though many people cannot see any similarities between modern and classical music, modern music is really an evolution of classical music; the roots of modern music go back to classical era.
It is no doubt that music has played a vital role in our society. Everything from loud, head-banging concerts to religious ceremonies have utilized the medium of music because of its awe-inspiring qualities. Music is basically the control of sound. We can control this sound by varying the pitch, tempo, octaves, dynamics and so on. There are thousands of ways that we can use music and to shape it to how we want to hear it. But how much has music influenced the way we think today? Why is it so popular?
Music as defined by Merriam-Webster is “the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity. “Music isn’t just a jumble of sounds and noises in unison; even thousands of years ago it meant more than that. In actuality, it’s what has shaped our culture and way of life for ages. Music doesn’t have to make sense but it has to make you feel or experience something along the way. It can relax our mind like a hot cup of chamomile tea or amps it up like a jolt of electricity. Also, it glues itself to memories and becomes nostalgic, which allows us recollect any thoughts or feelings we underwent. It sets the mood for any occasion whether its
Art has undoubtedly become a decisive aspect of our culture; embedded in the way we learn and grow on a daily basis. Art forms such as music, television and dance dominate our society as an outlet of freedom of speech for humanity. The evolution of music has rapidly exceeded its original classifications, developing new genres with greater appeal to an audience, hence its influence on society has expedited. In recent times, lyrics (specifically rap lyrics) have been introduced into the court room as a form of documented confessional evidence, evidently challenging law’s authoritative nature. This essay will closely follow the genre of rap and its relationship with law, through cases based in the United States of America (USA). In addition, the trial of Simon Bikindi in Rwanda and Smith v The Queen will be used to form an acute analysis on the influencing factors of relevance, identity, freedom of speech and current constitutional law.
Music plays a significant rule in our lives. It’s a melody and rhythm we live in. It plays a very essential rule in our day to day to life when it comes to expressing feelings, passing time and for other uses as well. Though we in general may not think about how music has changed so much in the past few decades we must acknowledge the fact todays music is the outcome of the various change in the past. Today’s majority of music we hear is what we define as more as a “westernized” music. Considering other cultures in the world, a huge impact of western music is seen within them. Westernization and modernization are two different words with different meanings and they have two different impacts on a society. Modernization is used to define the improvements and show a progressive transition from one stage to another. Westernization is the concept of being influenced by the customs and techniques of the western society and reflecting them in a non-western culture. This essay will discuss furtherly about the impact of the western society on music cultures of North India and Korea by looking from both the positive and negative point of this impact.
are new ways to produce, manufacture, and sell music purely for entertainment. Since the first
2017 has been a pretty awful year so far, and honestly, it’s on track to be even worse than 2016. Who knew that was possible? Despite the rising tensions regarding diversity in America, there is still one thing that can bring people from across all walks of life together: music. Music has the ability to transcend barriers of language, of culture, of politics, or anything that seeks to divide people on a daily basis. Music is a form of self-expression. Whether through music you create or music you love to listen to, you can learn a lot about others and yourself.