Sunday, 30 January 2011

Can Popular Music Ever Really be Unplugged

Popular music can never really be unplugged due to a number of different reasons. The number of audiences/the fans that listen to popular music makes it impossible to have any chance of unplugging it and because of the kind of music genre produce with the technology it uses. You can’t have an unplugged album because it has already been plugged, once you have record music, its impossible to unplug it. Unplugged music gives the human voice the respect that is due. During a musical performance, the audience may be forgiving if a particular musical instrument cannot be heard, but they are not so forgiving if the vocalist cannot be discerned. (P. Theberge) quotes 'without electronic technology, popular music in the 21st century is unthinkable' which means that for an artist to produce unplugged music they would have play the instruments without the aid of amplifiers and sing without the use of a microphone.

1 comment:

  1. This offers an interesting take on the question and is, overall, rather well expressed.

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