P. Thelberge says that ‘without electronic technology – popular music in the 21st Century is unthinkable.
I agree with this statement to some degree as the only music that could strictly be produced without any technology at all is with the voice or the human body itself. It is hard to say whether this kind of music could ever be popular in modern society when we are so used to advanced and fancy music produced by technology e.g. instruments, computers.
However, it can also be said that some aspects of it do make it into popular music e.g. beatboxing, clicking and whistling.
Without technology though (particularly electronic), it would be hard to distribute music to a large audience, meaning it would be difficult to make it ‘popular’.
But we can argue that there is still a market for music ‘unplugged’ from electronic technology e.g. acoustic versions of songs, live band etc. Also, we now see many pop acts use gospel choirs as back up singers for a grand effect.
We can also consider the times when there was no electricity; people still created and enjoyed music. For example, folk music was passed on from generations through word of mouth.
In conclusion, I feel that popular music could be electronically unplugged but may not be as successful or required as we are a society that has grown so accustomed to technology.
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Watch your word count, this post is at least a third too long!
Overall this is a reasonably sound response to the question.
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