The Art of Noises

I really enjoyed reading Russolo's ideas on music and noise and sounds in general. I liked that he explained ancient times as the beginning being silent and then goes through the progression of new sounds being introduced but restricted, and then to the invention of the machine and Futurist music. Russolo's examples of war sounds, orchestras, and machines helped my mind to venture away from the idea of sound that I initially may have thought of and allowed me to ponder noises in a more creative way. I found the differential Russolo made between singing/ talking and the other sounds humans are capable of making the most interesting. I suppose the difference is the intention and the consciousness of the sound. This reading was a great boost to my creative thinking on a subject I was not as familiar with before. Russolo now has me listening to the strangest noises and even contemplating sounds while they're not even occurring that I had paid no attention to before.