August 29, 2008

Dwapara Yuga Communication

Prior to 1746 messages were at the speed of a fast horse and relay that dictated everything from the size and straightness of Roman Roads to the size of a Napoleonic French Department

1700 Dwapara Yuga begins with a 200-year Sandhi


1746 Electric shock passed instantaneously down a mile-long wire to 200 monks spaced along and holding it, in Paris
1792 "If you succeed, you will bask in glory" Chappe's first optical telegraph message
1844 "What hath God wrought" first Morse message
1868 Morse was hailed at a New York banquet as having "annihilated space and time in the transmission of intelligence" echoing a tag-line of Dwapara Yuga
1876 "Mr Watson - come here" Bell's first phone call
1877 "Mary had a little lamb" Edison's first recording

1900 Complete expression of Dwapara Yuga

1969 "That's one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind" Armstrong from the moon in voice and picture

August 10, 2008

Dwapara Yuga & Modern Musical Instruments

The expressivity and possibilities of musical technology have grown in line with the dawning of Dwapara Yuga.

The word symphony in its original sense meant any form of musical expression, which would take in a hip song or rap song rather than the modern meaning which is repeating a narrows set of centuries old compositions in a formal setting in a very fixed set of interpretations.

1396 Harpsichord
Unrefined keyboard instrument
1598 Musical Clocks

1700 Dwapara Yuga begins with a 200-year Sandhi
1700 Pianoforte, normally referred to as a Piano
The second part of the name indicates the keys respond to touch speed/intensity and gave more 'feeling' to Harpsichord pieces
1805 Barrel Piano
Fixed repertoire
1815 Music Boxes
Fixed repertoire
1876 Electric Synthesizer, spin off from telephone technology
Allows the sound itself to be shaped and in the modern electronic synthesize encompass virtually every type of sound
1876 Player Piano
Music is programmed in rolls, much akin to automated looms

1900 Complete expression of Dwapara Yuga
1919 Theremin
First no-touch musical instrument, the sound of Dwapara Yuga
1932 Electric Guitar
One of the first updates in 5,000 years of history adding a completely new expressivity e.g. the 60's wall of sound, feedback
1953 First 8 track reel-to-reel multitrack recorder
Becomes more than just a recording instrument with Pet Sounds and Sergeant Peppers in the 60s, allows layering of sound beyond what can be accomplished with an orchestra
1975 Synclavier
Precursor to modern PC-based recording studios
1977 Guitar Synthesizer - Roland GR-500
Combines the expresivity of the guitar, with the creative expression of the synthesizer

With current technology, it is only a small step to realize music and images from our thoughts using, in this present age, brain scanning technology.

(c) Dwapara 307-312


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