Dammit that ' s sexy . <| sep |> emnes is only on loan i think , and yeah that aussie goalie we could use or zabret <| sep |> That laugh is so creepy <| sep |> Philip Glass has said that any truly new music must be the consequence of a new technique or technology . In his own case , he points to electric organs that allowed him and his group to play very fast , repetitive arpeggios . I think there ' s much truth to this . It seems to me that the whole arc of rock music is the consequence of the electric guitar , possibly the drum kit , and the combination of the two here counting the electric bass guitar as an electric guitar . Further gradual innovations , such as distortion , helped open new avenues . Going further back , the history of western art music seems to have been driven by successive innovations in instrument building with the invention of the piano in the early 18 th century being a key point , together with a gradual expansion of the size of the orchestra . Of course , much of this innovation has been driven by musicians wanting to push the envelope . Electronic music started with tape technology , and exploded with synthesizers . The 80 s brought digital samplers which again radically expanded the scope of what was possible . With this in mind , we can ask ourselves what was the most recent transformative innovation in music technique or technology ? To me , it seems like the answer is the modern computerbased home studio , including softwarebased sampling and synthesizer technology . This became widely available around 15 years ago perhaps , and it was probably not as new as some earlier innovations , but rather a case of making this technology available to more people . On a more fundamental level , we might point to softwarebased systems like MaxMSP , PureData , and Supercollider , which enabled experimental music like Autechre . This technology is 2025 years old at this point . I would argue that the last two really important revolutions , electric instruments and synthesizerssamplers , have been around long enough that not much truly new music is likely to come from them . Furthermore , given that computers today allow us to , in principle , create any sound imaginable , I don ' t see where the next huge innovation would come from . Perhaps there will be new interfaces thoughtcontrolled synthesizers ? , but my guess is that the kind of rapid innovation in music that we ' ve seen during the 20 th century is unlikely to ever happen again .