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are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be heard through several media; the most traditional Music To Listen way is to hear it live, in the presence, or as one of the musicians. Live music can Music To Listen also be broadcast over the radio, television or the internet. Some musical styles focus on producing Music To Listen a sound for a performance, while others focus on producing a recording which mixes together sounds which Music To Listen were never played "live". Recording, Music To Listen even of styles which are essentially live, often uses the Music To Listen ability to edit and splice to produce recordings which are considered better than Music To Listen the actual Music To Listen performance. As Music To Listen talking pictures emerged in the early 20th century, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number Music To Listen of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] With Music To Listen the coming of the Music To Listen talking motion pictures, those featured Music To Listen performances Music To Listen were largely eliminated. The AFM took out Music To Listen newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press Music To Listen features Music To Listen an image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, and the Music To Listen 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and Music To Listen live performances Music To Listen have also become Music To Listen more accessible through computers, devices and Music To Listen internet in a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction Music To Listen between performing and listening to music, since virtually Music To Listen everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity,

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