Schafer explores what sound was in the past, the universal noise pollution of our world today, and possibilities for how we may live with sound in the future.
When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.
This new edition of 'An Individual Note' features a specially commissioned introduction from the British composer, performer, roboticist, and sound historian Sarah Angliss.
The goal of this book is to make the history of electronic music clear for any interested person, whether professional, student, nonelectronic musician, or observer.