Jill Mattson – In the last hundred years popular music styles changed rapidly featuring: Swing, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Heavy Metal, Rap, Techno and Hip Hop. Speed and synthesis are characteristic of music of the current age – matching the pace of innovation and change resulting from this.

The rhythmic beats of Hip Hop, Rap and Techno may be likened to a relentless pushy force, pumping Earth’s vibratory engine to receive continuous changes. The beats pump through our arteries and the Earth creating special effects.

Historically, musical styles lasted thousands of years and now they change in just one generation. In a parallel development, sixty years ago color TV was an exciting innovation and that seems trivial today. Now the Internet, cell phones and personal computer have revolutionized that world many times over. Once again, the sonic vibratory changes precede the physical ones. Continue reading →