{"id":541674,"date":"2026-07-23T15:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newjerseyheadlines.com\/news\/story\/541674\/authors-tranquility-press-announces-sound-matters-as-a-study-of-how-early-technology-changed-the-way-people-listen-to-music.html"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:12:20","slug":"authors-tranquility-press-announces-sound-matters-as-a-study-of-how-early-technology-changed-the-way-people-listen-to-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/story\/541674\/authors-tranquility-press-announces-sound-matters-as-a-study-of-how-early-technology-changed-the-way-people-listen-to-music.html","title":{"rendered":"Author\u2019s Tranquility Press Announces Sound Matters as a Study of How Early Technology Changed the Way People Listen to Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;width:250px;padding:8px 10px 10px 10px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/upload\/2026\/07\/1784315581.jpg\" style=\"border:none !important\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press Announces Sound Matters as a Study of How Early Technology Changed the Way People Listen to Music\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/upload\/2026\/07\/1784315581.jpg\" alt=\"Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press Announces Sound Matters as a Study of How Early Technology Changed the Way People Listen to Music\" width=\"225\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;padding:8px 0px\">A historical work examining the rise of sound technology and its influence on music consumption in the early twentieth century<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>MARIETTA, GA &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press announces the release of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sound-Matters-Technology-Consumption-Twentieth\/dp\/1969726989\">Sound Matters: The Impact of Technology on Music Consumption in the Early Twentieth Century<\/a> by <strong>Richard L. Beeston,<\/strong> a work that explores how sound technology reshaped the way music is experienced and shared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The book traces the development of early technologies such as player piano rolls, cylinders, records, and radio, showing how these innovations made it possible to record and reproduce sound in everyday settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It examines how these changes allowed listeners greater control over what they heard and when they heard it, gradually shifting music from live performance settings into homes and communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Sound Matters<\/em> also highlights how recording and broadcasting expanded access to music across different audiences, shaping listening habits that continue into the present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Sound Matters: The Impact of Technology on Music Consumption in the Early Twentieth Century<\/em> is available now on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sound-Matters-Technology-Consumption-Twentieth\/dp\/1969726989\">Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Richard L. Beeston is the author of Sound Matters: The Impact of Technology on Music Consumption in the Early Twentieth Century. His work examines the relationship between music, technology, and listening practices over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>About Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press is a publishing company based in Marietta, Georgia. The press works with authors to produce books across a range of genres, including fiction and nonfiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\"><span style='font-size:18px !important'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/authorstranquilitypress.com_95813.html\">Author&#8217;s Tranquility Press<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Louela Sanders, Marketing Fulfillment Associate<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=authors-tranquility-press-announces-sound-matters-as-a-study-of-how-early-technology-changed-the-way-people-listen-to-music\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> (866) 411-8655<br \/><strong>Address:<\/strong>531 Roselane Street NW Suite 400-175  <br \/><strong>City:<\/strong> Marietta<br \/><strong>State:<\/strong> Georgia, 30060<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.authorstranquilitypress.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.authorstranquilitypress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=authors-tranquility-press-announces-sound-matters-as-a-study-of-how-early-technology-changed-the-way-people-listen-to-music\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A historical work examining the rise of sound technology and its influence on music consumption in the early twentieth century MARIETTA, GA &#8211;&nbsp;Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press announces the release of Sound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541674"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}