This class, we discussed how the perception and treatment of the natural world changed with the introduction of modernizing ideas and inventions near the turn of the century around the late 1800s.  These technologies included standardization of time, electric light, and telephones. The most notable idea, or technology, was an industrialized process called “scientific management.” […]

In class today, and for the readings, the subject of “sound normalization” came up.  I learned, because I had not heard of this phenomenon before, that in recent musical history the trend has been to modify the pitch and volume of music to a more standardized level.  For instance, if a song containded a piano, […]