Music Today vs. the Past

"Also known as the Age of Technology, 20th Century Music took full advantage of new technologies as they became available. Not constricted by rules of the classical period, composers had the stylistic freedom to write however they pleased." Music in the past had a distinct and unique sound specific to that time period. For example, the use of the piano dominated classical music which gave the name to the Classical era. The same applies to other eras of music history. The new advancements that were discovered at that time is what was popular. However, things are quite different today. We have had an enormous amount of technological advancements in the 20th century and so as a result we have many different categories of music; pop, rap, hip-hop, jazz, rock and many more. Never before in history was there such a wide selection of music. We have come a long way since medieval times and with all the choices we have today, we begin to wonder: what more could the future possibly bring?