The playback of recordings is the primary means of experiencing music in contemporary society, and in recent years \'classical\' musicologists and popular music theorists have begun to examine the ways in which the production of recordings affects not just the sound of the final product but also musical aesthetics more generally.
At the same time, training in the use of these forms of technology has moved.
Record production can, indeed, be treated as part of the Creative process of composition.
The playback of recordings is the primary means of experiencing music in contemporary society, and in recent years \'classical\' musicologists and popular music theorists have begun to examine the ways in which the production of recordings affects not just the sound of the final product but also musical aesthetics more generally
