Reading 2

I read the article by John Cage titled "The Future of Music:Credo". I chose this article because it shows the progression of music. Music is changing and always has been and with technology it's changing even more. The abilities musicians and composers now have are much more extreme than before.

The article begins talking about how we hear sounds daily and some sounds we tune into and some we don't. Almost all the sounds that are heard are recorded some where and can be altered in multiple ways. Cage then talks about the inventions of electric instruments and how it gives the musicians full control to alter the sounds that are produced from the instrument. It also goes on to talk about how composers used to require musicians to play for them to compose music. Now they are able to do that without the players. Later Cage talks about how music writing has changed from a "keyboard influenced music to the all sound of music of the future" Music and the way it is created will keep changing and by using new and different techniques, musicians will create new and interesting sounds for its listeners.


This article makes me want to explore music and the ways we now have to alter and transform sounds into something that people can really enjoy. It also makes me want to explore new ways of altering music. This article reminds me of a musician I like. The artist is BT and he is an electronica artist. On his latest cd he used a technique called circuit bending, which is where he takes childrens toys that are electronic and alters the circuits to distort sounds he plays through it. Techniques like that are just so creative and are really paving the way toward new music.