Popular music of the twenty first century is that bands and artists who heavily rely on technology to produce their sound. It could be argued that the acoustic genre breaks the 'plugged in' trend that now surrounds popular music. However this in many respects is wrong; is acoustic really with out electrical intervention or is that a microphone your' holding? The microphone, invented by charles Wheatstone has been within the music industry since the 1920's. Other pieces of equipment include the amplifier, invented by Lee Defrost (1904) and the ability to record; brought to us by Valdemar Poulson 1898. There is hardly a gig or concert on the planet which fails to use at least one form of technology. Popular music is simply plugged in; iconic instruments such as the Electric guitar invented by Adolph Rickenbacker symbolize its' dependence and the audience's dependence on technology as a whole.
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A reasonable summary, if slightly awkwardly written.
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