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Top 10 Tech Influences on Rock & Roll October 1, 2009

Filed under: Illumination, Optics, communication and networking — scientiste @ 6:18 am
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Technology has shaped how we make, hear, and share music. “Rock simply wouldn’t have rocked without electric guitars, Marshall amp stacks, the Vox Box, amplifiers capable of projecting the music to the crowd, or stage effects that helped create a spectacle.”

This is not my list, but from PC World (you wonder if they might  be a little bias?). They’ve got everything from Beatles concerts to music videos.

#8: The Wall

#8: The Wall

One thing they forgot: the Record Player! They included the synthesizer but not the record player? Geez!

 

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