Time to talk about communication! Awesome. I use to study mass communications and use to host a radio show. That was super fun. It was also intriguing to learn about change in communication. In those classes we didn’t get into the railroad and time an importance in communication, but it make sense after talking about it now.

It never occurred me to how time zones were formed. Be railroads, timing only really directly affected the town or nearby towns, now, with railroads, communication had to change and time zones were born! And now, while things have been tweaked, they’ve been the same for a while. It’s particularly odd to know I exist right now while someone else exists in the exact same moment in a different time due to the time zones. Time and space really has changed, and electricity clearly changed it more. We’re no longer bound by the sun. Thank goodness. I do prefer the night!

Jumping over to our conversation on recording, oh man, I loved it! I mean, I didn’t realize that people would place instruments in different parts to get the correct sound the wanted before amplification! I feel a bit stupid to not have had that thought occur to me, but, I truly never though about it even though I did take a class on Jazz music and that’s the music popular at the time of these early recordings!

At the American History Museum, I was able to listen to early recording of voices and music like we did in class. I wish more people would know about that little exhibit. It’s remarkable to hear the difference in quality through the years and through the different types of recording. Plus, this type of recording is way easier to understand. The ribbon recording … ugh. No thanks.