Technology And Art

The sociology of music observes human' s musical activities of the whole society, treating them as a kind of social production in a broad sense. At the numeral times that has the computer technology as core , the computer music emerges as the times required, which brings a series of new task. This article is to expound the current situation and essence of music production at the numeral times, thus help to establish a good pattern for music production.The contents of computer music are extremely extensive. All of the activities that employ digital technology and computer are being contained in it. Music digital technology' s two cores (Audio - frequent and MIDI technology) came into being at the end of last century.Computer music challenges traditional music in every field o the music production.With the system of computer music, musician can obtain the unprecedented chance, In the formulating field, it offers the musicians with a powerful tool, enables them to abandon the traditional method, helps them to do the jobs such as musical creation , pilot run, printion, digital record etc conveniently. In addition, computer musical technology can lower the cost of musical formulating.Promote the emergence of the new musical style and school, as well as the ideas guiding artistic creation, open up new field for musical demand.After computers take part in the music creation, Internet became the main means of transmission. Such digital format of recording music as WAV file, MOD, MP3 and etc, as well as digital smartmedia which use HD and CD - ROM, all emerged. Internet transmission has new social characteristic, it reverberate through the whole music productionviolently.Music education and research are under great transformation too. Computer music has distinctive characteristic of being used as tool and extensive adaptability. It must cause great impulse to traditional system of amateur and specialized musical education from such respects as ideas, contents, means, method.Being faced with the challenge of computer technology, the development of music should not be submitted to technology. To establish a good pattern of musical production, the following must be grasped.1. Under the good condition offered by the computer and Internet, music fans should attempt to take part in the music activities, challenge the bands resulting from the division of labor in society.2. The prominent musician should be bold to learn and employ the music, carefully observes the political, economical, cultural phenomena appearing in the realities, but should not worship the methods and tools blindly. They should expand the humane spirit under the new historic condition, try their best to cultivate the healthy "digital culture".3. The art' s development needs the promotion, and assistance of scientific technology, but it must obey its own rule, instead of "art for technology' s sake".4. Computer technology pays more and attention to software' s technological development in the course of social development. Software ' s development reflects the direction of computer ' s technological development, it is the demand of computer music' s own development too. But some software' s technological development, comparatively speaking has not matured. This offers a broad space to the computer musicians, who can develop the software with distinctive Chinese features vigorously.5. The production of musical transmission has a giant obstacle,under the current condition of INTERNET transmission, the construction of WIDE-BAND INTERNET should be accelerated.6. To cultivate the talent, we must solve the problem of discipline offered in the school. The traditional musical education is faced with crisis, INTERNET education has a broad space to develop.7. New mechanism of music production should be established to fit for the globalization, strengthen the industrilization of music production. The appropriate economic interst can enable mu...