Answers

1. The easy availability of music
2. Once or twice a decade
3. Was to change music forever, being able to record sound
4. The developers of music
5. Because recording speech was a goal
6. Had a vision for a trip to the moon, real life writer
7. 1877 recording of a children's nursery rhyme, Thomas Edison
8. By a technology in which a person shouted through a tube while spinning a handle and there was a needle in the diaphragm and the vibrations were etched on to the tin foil, then it could be played back
9. Could only be used a couple of times and was useless after taken off
10. The wax cylinders
11. The jukebox and phonograph
12. As there was more access to light dance music, also was harder to record classical music
13. 1888 the oldest music recording
14. Because it was harder to record classical music with its appalling quality
15. When a number of cylinders were recording the same music
16. The flat-disc gramophone, unlimited copies could be made
17. A material made from crushed beetles, they replaced rubber disks
18. The gramophone company, the dog became recognisable
19. Classical music, Opera
20. Became most famous singer in the world, his life changed when he was discovered
21. 10 records
22. Ap ilia chi
23. Because they realized it could make them rich and famous
24. The last living castrato, because he was high pitched and frightening
25. As music could be heard anywhere and not just in a grand stage
26. Capturing instruments was difficult because of the lack of development in the gramophone
27. As the mic could barely pick up bass heavy instruments
28. They made them bunch up and modified instruments like the stroe violin to make them louder, and also changed the strings on some stringed instruments. 
29. They changed all strings to a brass band
30. Its impact was mostly in pop music
31. Was subtle, and now the quieter instruments could be electronically modified to make them louder
32. This allowed the audience to choose exactly what they wanted to listen to
33. When Columbia introduced vinyl, it could run for 25 mins of music
34. She was a female successor to Caruso
35. Stereophonic hit the market
36. Made it more and more its own thing and changed it from the live hall
37. 2000
38. Concept of music as a thing
39. It has vastly increased musical proficieneces as you can't go to a stage and sound bad, and the audience can't hear the balance of music they heard in he disc.
40. It standardized performing styles
41. Triumph of past over the present
42. Fred Gaisberg captured music from other cultures and widened musical horizons 
43. They implemented different sounds around the world 
44. Recorded folk music of his native country and wrote his own music inspired by his folk music
45. African music
46. He toured Africa Middle East and The Pacific, and he mixed all the sounds together
47. All music is related to humans, our soul is the universe of music
48. Jazz, Hip hop, Blues, Jungle
49. Stravinsky
50. Developing technology and including non instrumental sounds
51. He made one of the first electric dance songs
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First Reflection task

I was absent for the first two weeks as a result I was unable to do this. N/A

Reflection

Reflection:

We had a task to make our own unique version of Moby's why does my heart feel so bad, I was on the drum, Miray was on the xylophone, Arshia on the hand drum, Shubo and Almira were on the keyboard. Miray was doing vocals as well. We all worked is sync to complete this piece of music, the most difficult part was on my part to not make the drums not overpower the other instruments. The end result was actually very good as all the instruments were sounding in time and gave of correct sounds. 

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The vocals in our group could have improved as it was sort of hard to hear over the major instruments, But in our final version it all pulled through. We added a different instrument that would be uncommon otherwise was the hand drum. This i believed added a certain cultural twist in our music as it became more culturally connected to Dubai and UAE in general.

It took us a bit of time to record it perfectly and make everyone join in on time, we didnt start playing the instruments all at once, we gradually introduced them into the music, first being the piano then the xylophone then the drums, we usually had a gap of 4-6 bars between each instrument.

All in all i think our group did very good work and it sounded very well put together.

Equipment / Semitones

Why does my heart feel so bad? - Moby

Moby and his approach to writing music

How “Why does my heart feel so bad?” is constructed through analysis of the music

Some of the technology commonly used in club dance music 

The following equipment was used on the song

Equipment:

Yamaha SPX990 Multi effects unit  -  To apply re verb & delay tracks

Roland TR909 Drum machine  -  Sound source for drum machines

Emu Performance sound module  -  Piano sound source

Roland Juno 106  -  Synth bass sound 

Yamaha SY22 and SY85 synthesizers  -  String/Synth Pad Sounds

Akal S3200 Sampler  -  Sampling vocal sounds

Simple structure based around 2 chord sequences arranged in 8 bar blocks

The texture of the piece is developed around these chord sequences

He changes the amount of instruments playing the rhythms & the effects used.

How do we work out the following chords?

Major 5 Semitones 4 Semitones

Minor 4 Semitones 5 Semitones

Diminished 4 Semitones 4 Semitones

Music Technology

What is Music Technology?

Music technology is any technology, such as a computer, an effects unit or a piece of software, that is used by a musicians or djs to help make more complex music, including the use of electronic devices and computer software to aid playback, recording, composition, storage, mixing, analysis, editing, and performance.

How has music technology changed the way in which we develop and record sound?

It has helped us become more expressive with our music as we have access to a wider range of sounds and as a result we can produce more complex and innovative pieces of music

Are we becoming to dependant on Music Technology?

In my opinion we the normal musicians don't rely that much on Music Technology, only DJ's use music technology as most of their music consists of electronic sounds. Many pop stars use it to enhance their voice, but even that has an elemnet of vocals instead of pure electric music.

Does music technology support or devalue live music making?

In my opinion it doesnt devalue live music at all, as it supports the artists to expand their field of music and explore more genres.