Briefly describe two ways that musicians have benefited from technology since 1950?

Answer 1

For a complete answer to this question, check out "Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music" by Mark Katz, an excellent text which discusses this topic clearly and in great depth. While there is no simple answer to this question, arguments can be made that technology has significantly changed music both for the positive and the negative. The limitations of new technology can define how musicians and producers are structure their work. In the era of 78rpm records, the maximum running time per side was about 4 minutes 20 seconds, ideal for shorter marches and other popular songs but poorly suited to Opera or long-form Classical Music. Early recording sessions were very intimidating for vocalists, even the most seasoned divas; for novice musicians, they remain scary places for singers even today. In the early 20th centure, recording studios housed enormous horns into which singers and players were required essentially to yell to overcome the surface noice of early discs. The tonal quality of certain performers, most notibly Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, translated well onto the new medium, and as a result his albums sold extremely well world-wide. Later on, 33 1/3 rpm long-play albums (LPs) allowed much longer durations, allowing symphonies to be released on 1 or 2 discs instead of 8 or more. For musicians, recording brought with it the opportunity for listeners to scrutinize their performances more closely than ever before, especially any mistakes in their timing and intonation: this had the consequence of instilling doubt into some performer's heads. In Katz's book, he argues that recording may have inspired violinists to begin using more vibrato on recordings, both to demonstrate passion or drama (since the visual cues from a live performance were not available on record) as well as to help conceal any tuning issues. In hip hop, the turntable is used as musical instrument, ushering in the notion of quoting or "sampling" the works of other artists, both as homage and criticism. And the digital revolution changed music (and the music business) enormously: compact discs, with no surface noise and an extended run time of 80 minutes, revitalized record sales. Later on, however, digital technology inspired the process of file sharing, allowing users to share mp3 files for free. "The future is unwritten." Whatever lies ahead for listeners and musicians is unknown; the only guarantee is that, however you listen to music now, it will likely be vastly different in the near future.

Answer 2

* January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. * Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. * Mitch Miller signs as A&R man with Columbia Records. * Patti Page becomes the first (and only) artist to have a Number One record on the Pop, R&B and Country charts concurrently. * Al Cernick is signed to Columbia by Mitch Miller, who changes the singer's name to Guy Mitchell. * Columbia Records lures Jo Stafford away from Capitol. * Georgia Gibbs leaves the Majestic label and scores her first charting single with Coral * Bandleader Les Baxter founds the school of "Outer Space" exotica. * Sam Cooke joins The Soul Stirrers

Answer 3

Hm. Well, obviously, there was the evolution of the Acoustic guitar into the Electric Guitar- It uses pickups. Then the Bass Electirc. Not to mention Electric Violins, Microphones, Amps, New ways of cutting wood to make it more resonant...The list goes on forever. Oh! Then you have the huge soundboards they use in recording studios. They control every aspect of the music.

Answer 4

over time, the list of things producers and recording artists have been able to do has grown with the amount of technology that is now available. It is easier to make recordings sound crisper, and to make changes like autotuning. Before this technology was available, being a popular singer required more talent (in my opinion anyway) because their voices couldn't be changed to sound like something they weren't. hope that is helpful(:

Answer 5

Technology are used to improve the sound quality of sound system for example now we are using Hi-Fi (High Fidelity system) system which are capable to determine the frequency ranges and play the sound according to range for instance.

woofer- low frequency

squawker - medium frequency

twitter - high frequency up to 20 Khz.

Answer 6

technology has improved music sales, buy putting it on the internet, radio, TV, video game systems, music players, and by getting the artists name known and advertising through these technology advances

Answer 7

technology is music. percussion is the only instrument we have always been able to play

Answer 8

DSP Processing and Music Synthesis improved