Recordings

Recordings

Last week in journalism we had a through discussion about the history of recordings. I found it very surprising that something we use in our everyday lives and something that affects our lives so much was invented about 120 years ago. People use recordings to listen to music, send messages to loved ones or to learn a new language. Many think that invention is very old but this life changing device is merely a century old.

       Before the first recordings there was no way to get a message across to everyone. You had to be their to hear the message or you missed it. The same goes for music. Before recordings music was only heard from someone's mouth and as the song got passed around many of the lyrics or beats were changed. When Edison invented the first recording device in 1877 he made it mass communication meaning it had the potential to reach a mass audience. This is what made recordings so popular.

     During this lecture I learned a lot of new things. Before I used to think that this innovation was fairly old but it's not. I found it interesting that so many people use a form of this device everyday and they don't realize how it changed the world. Without this creation we would have no recorded music, or be able to spread information all over the world to make people see our ideas. We would not be as advanced in technology as we are today.  

      Overall I believe that this was a great and very insightful lecture. It made me see how people, me included, use everyday items that people take a long time to invent or perfect and we don't even know where they came from, and also how this recording invention came a long way. From being fragile and breaking easily to being able to last for years and years.