In this article David Byrne explains his thoughts on the sounds heard from music and the way they are heard depends on its context. He believes that we instinctively create our arts to fit the formats that they will be presented in so that they will be pleasing to audiences instead of sounds bouncing off walls and creating a mush of noise. For example, outdoors was usually home to percussive music so that the sounds could carry. Cathedrals also played this music and it didn’t sound as well, some of the notes would stick around for a little longer than expected. Churches normally went with the organ and only the organ because it made it sound ‘larger’. Symphony halls were used by Mozart and they would be filled with people chatting, eating, and dancing that would lessen the noise, so they had to make the orchestra larger so it could be heard over all of it. Opera Houses in the past are different from the present, back then people would socialize and create noise and nowadays if even a peep is made it can end up becoming a big deal. Bars were becoming more popular because of the popular music that was being introduced; it is usually played when dancing is going on and these places aren’t as big and are packed with people so the sounds were clear and strong. Concert Halls were where you could find the jazz music that had become a type of classical music. The jazz instruments had to be changed so they could be heard over all the racket going on in the audience. The sound of music was modified after they made the new rules that there was no talking, eating, or drinking during performances. The composers took this into consideration when creating the music and really emphasizing every detail of every sound. Radios, MP3 Players, and the Recording Studios really helped music become more technologically advanced. There were now no outside forces that could affect the way the music is portrayed, and you hear every little detail down to the singer taking a breath in-between lines. When microphones were invented it changed the way the instruments and voices sounded when it was recorded. Sports Arenas usually play some kind of pop music because the songs are usually more consistent all around than the other types of music’s. Byrne also supports his thoughts by comparing the same concepts to birds and where they live and how their singing pitches can be affected by trees, humans, or other animals, and how they change the sounds to still communicate with each other. Every place where music is played won’t ever be the same because of all the possible factors that could change it.