Of the three principle arguments exrpressed in Frith’s piece with regards to the role of technology in popular music, it is the third, that- ‘technology is opposed to art’ Frith (1986, p.265) with which I wish to engage.Specifically, the development of and use of the microphone allowed artists to express previously undetectable subtleties of their work through the use of this new piece of music technology, and it has now become an accepted part of musical production and performance across different musical genres.
Paul Theberge’s argument that the microphone allowed for such a greater degree of expression and was integration into the make up of popular music that ‘perfomers sing first and foremost to the microphone, opposed to the audience’,
Paul Theberge’s argument that the microphone allowed for such a greater degree of expression and was integration into the make up of popular music that ‘perfomers sing first and foremost to the microphone, opposed to the audience’,