Bryan, I believe you're right in saying that the radio has changed music both for better and for worse. The radio has had significant impact on music education and has shaped the way we think of music. Children grew up listening to the radio as an automatic way of obtaining music. Talking on the radio has helped the learning process of individuals, and has informed as well as misinformed many of events. Without the radio, life would be completely different today.
I agree with what both of you have said about the radio. The radio used to be the only way to get news and listen to music. Now that there are so many other ways, people only really listen to the radio in the car. The radio can really expose us to all different kinds of music but at the same time, many radio stations play the same 10 songs over and over again. Also, it does sometimes misinform people on events. Since its an easy way to spread information, anything said on it is spread to a large amount of the population. This could be good advertising or it can help spread false information.
I agree with what you said about the radio, Bryan. It opened the doors for people to listen to music and experience new types of music that they may not have been able to access beforehand. It was a new tool that pushed music into the daily lives of everyone. This was a huge advantage to music education in general because it was easier for students to be informed/learn/explore music at home, on their own. However, I also agree with your opinion that it has also been a detriment to the field as well. As Ayden said above, many radio stations now continually play the same 10-20 songs over and over and over. While some people enjoy this, it defeats the purpose of spreading music and discovering new sounds. The same music in pounded into students' heads and that becomes all they know/like. So when they get to the classroom, it is difficult to expose them to music that they do not normally hear in their everyday lives.
Bryan, I believe you're right in saying that the radio has changed music both for better and for worse. The radio has had significant impact on music education and has shaped the way we think of music. Children grew up listening to the radio as an automatic way of obtaining music. Talking on the radio has helped the learning process of individuals, and has informed as well as misinformed many of events. Without the radio, life would be completely different today.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what both of you have said about the radio. The radio used to be the only way to get news and listen to music. Now that there are so many other ways, people only really listen to the radio in the car. The radio can really expose us to all different kinds of music but at the same time, many radio stations play the same 10 songs over and over again. Also, it does sometimes misinform people on events. Since its an easy way to spread information, anything said on it is spread to a large amount of the population. This could be good advertising or it can help spread false information.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about the radio, Bryan. It opened the doors for people to listen to music and experience new types of music that they may not have been able to access beforehand. It was a new tool that pushed music into the daily lives of everyone. This was a huge advantage to music education in general because it was easier for students to be informed/learn/explore music at home, on their own. However, I also agree with your opinion that it has also been a detriment to the field as well. As Ayden said above, many radio stations now continually play the same 10-20 songs over and over and over. While some people enjoy this, it defeats the purpose of spreading music and discovering new sounds. The same music in pounded into students' heads and that becomes all they know/like. So when they get to the classroom, it is difficult to expose them to music that they do not normally hear in their everyday lives.
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