Week 5 - Can Popular music ever really be unplugged?

It is hard to imagine what modern day music would be like without the technology that has progressed over the last hundred years. Paul Theberge insisted that without electronic technology, 21st century pop music is unthinkable and I believe you would struggle to find many people who disagree with this belief. Since the 1950’s, performers have been able to fill virtually any size venue with their sounds. Without technologies such as amplifiers and powerful speakers, artists would be limited in their performances. Even when recording sounds nowadays, the sound of instruments are modified to improve the sound for the audience through the use of software on computers. The question remains, what actually classifies as unplugged? In my opinion, unplugged refers to a act of essential purity and an acoustic performance on a guitar would constitute this. I think music can be unplugged as long as there is no infringement through electronic technology. Unplugged music is just another genre and should be cherished as it is pure!