Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Music Appreciation
In The Agora looks at an article that contends that omnipresence of music these days, due to technology, has reduced appreciation. Zach concludes
The grossly bass heavy sounds of hip-hop have taken root in a age where bass has to be overdriven to be heard in ear buds, and automotive sub-woofers make it possible to bend the sheet metal of your car.
I cannot tolerate classical music save live, or with my hefty home hi-fi optimized, otherwise it sounds ugly.
Technology has definitely affected music, and not for the better.
Related Tags: music, music appreciation, sound reproduction technology
Arguably, the decline in the majesty of music probably has more to do with the crap people are listening to rather than how they listen to it.I disagree, I think the decline in music is technologically driven. Rock and Roll, with its few chords, loudness and heavy beat orientation was born in the age of the automotive AM radio with such poor sound reproduction, Rock and Roll was about all you could hear. Rock grew in sophistication as sound reproduction technology grew both in the automobile and in the home Hi-Fi.
The grossly bass heavy sounds of hip-hop have taken root in a age where bass has to be overdriven to be heard in ear buds, and automotive sub-woofers make it possible to bend the sheet metal of your car.
I cannot tolerate classical music save live, or with my hefty home hi-fi optimized, otherwise it sounds ugly.
Technology has definitely affected music, and not for the better.
Related Tags: music, music appreciation, sound reproduction technology
