I think that recording has had a big impact on our culture. The world is always changing and our tastes are always changing and with recording we can go back and see how different our culture has changed by what used to be popular to us and what is now. Every generation is different, for example what my grandparents listened to growing up is completely different from what I have listened to growing up because we are changing everyday, but I can go back and appreciate what was popular when my grandparents were listening to when they were my age because of oral tradition and notation. I definitely think that it is a combination of both oral tradition and notation that has helped influence music today. I think that if we didn't have the recording
