The Impact of Technologies on Music Experiences

L.V. Beethoven Picture by J Stieler. Painted 1819-1820.

When I was a kid, the first melodically sound I've ever heard in my life was a pieces by Beethoven's work, people called it "Für Elise". There's a lot of theory and believe about that piece names, but I will use the most popular one, so yeah let's just called it "Für Elise" and begin the story.

I was just impressed for a moment while listening that piece from my old phone's ringtone, and that time it's quite been distorted not a grand piano plays one. You know most of the old phone's ringtone right ? That's why I really want to hear the original plays of that song. And than finally on the age of 10 I can access get access to the internet by simply goes to internet cafe shop nearby. And make a search for that beautiful pieces. Then I clicked the website that show a lot of Classical Music Pieces. Including the most popular one called Für Elise, and the second one was called Cannon in D major by Johan Pechabel. And of course that website shows the block note too.

From that kinda back story I was being motivated to learn and play some Classical Music Pieces. Simply, I was just impressed and being attracted by the beautiful combination of the melodies and the harmonies from some Classical pieces. Just because they ain't got no lyrics, doesn't mean they got no feeling. For me, the most deepest feeling from song was from the melodies and the harmonies, lyrics was just for some more like spicy things to make people understand and got entertained by the composer. 

Here's, I'll give you an example how the melodies and harmonies can take out your mood, swing your mood, or even make you feels angry, mad, sad and another feelings that you've experienced in your live. For the saddest and deepest classical pieces you can take a listen to Clair de Lune by Debussy. The mad and the swingest for my mood ever, you can take a listen to Etude Op.25 no. 11 by Chopin, some people called it "winter wind".

According to music.org " Recording technology has forced us to reconsider what constitutes a piece of music. It is unreasonable to claim that the printed score represents the musical sounds. The score usually gives no indication of how the audio engineer should manipulate his/her variables. Two differently mixed, equalized, and reverberated recordings of the same performance can contrast as much as two different performances of the same work."

And that's why probably most of people may have their own experiences about music, that was just some of my opinions, the feeling is different between for some people who listen to it. Because some people may got their own perspective about something. That's why I can't judge you if you got different feeling while or after listened to some music. I just sharing some pieces that really meaning full for me. And please be a center while enjoying something, what I mean by that is, a composer or an artist got their own talents, skills, and their own meaning to create some art, so please if me, I wouldn't compares an artist to the another artist to make some conclusion. But, you may do that, because you just need to analyze what's the different beetwen some art, and another art, work, creation or something like that. Just it ! You can't make a conclusion like whose the best, why him or not him, and another stupid conclusion that only use that kinda perspective. Once again, that just my opinion, so you can disagree, and maybe discussed some with me either. And hopefully you understand what Iam saying. 

Sorry for my bad English :)

Thanks for your time, and good bye.

Source  :

Kramer, Jonathan D. The Impact of Technology on the Musical Experience. https://www.music.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2675:the-impact-of-technology-on-the-musical-experience&catid=220&Itemid=3665 (accessed 10 May 2020)