Recording Industry Shaped By New Technology
Music impacts many aspects of our life. By nature it possesses a simple harmony, rhythm, and melody and with the advent of technology these elements are able to produce a great musical depth. A great new outlet to find the latest music and groups is now on internet radio.
"Today's recorded music has computers which really has fine-tuned recording and can make multiple manipulations to perfect the sound and balance," said Pat Pearson, guitar teacher and performer out of Atascadero, California.
Pat performs in the group Cuesta Ridge and also with his wife, flutist Dana Pearson, in the group Pitch and Rhythm. The couple have been engaged in the performing arts for over five years and have spent over thirty hours in recording studios, as well as engaging in their own home recording activities.
"We recently acquired a Mac Book from Apple and discovered some pretty amazing music applications that have been amazing for recording and editing songs," Pearson said. Cellular phones have the capacity to record audio so when a burst of inspiration comes to mind, you can immediately record it for future reference."
Computer software related to music production has skyrocketed creating a new genre of music, electronic music. This abundance of new technology has also helped to create a new type of musician, the home recording artist. Any person who can play a musical instrument and has access to a computer has the capability of producing a home recording if they purchase the appropriate software for less the four hundred dollars.
"Home recordings have enabled a larger number of people to become recording artists, both amateur and professional," Pat Pearson said. "It allows for the convenience of perfecting your track without the pressure of using and paying high recording fees."
The advent of music production software has opened up new ways of approaching songwriting and recording. In the past, recording and writing had to be accomplished in real-time. Musicians need to perform every note on record. Today, computer software gives us the capability for musical parts to be sliced up, shifted, and copied to other sections of the recording. This is how electronic music creates those hard-pounding, rhythmic loops that make us want to dance. Computer software with mastering features enables access to the dynamic recording and post production so every portion of the recording to its greatest potential.
"It's like technology allow(s) the beat to free itself and be more of it's true self," said Tim Gladwill, a.k.a. DJ Evasive out of San Luis Obispo, California, who performs on his own and in the band Ashes to Light, along with myself. Music is continually evolving and reaching new heights." You can get quick and easy access to all this music via free online music sites everywhere.
But with all this new technology it bears the question: "Are we losing out on anything important in our musical experiences?"
