Reading about how the emergence of new music during the early 1900s has opened my eyes to seeing early jazz and country music in a new light. Reading about all the changes that took place in country music, for example the differences of Hillbilly style country music of Leon McAuliffe and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Steel Guitar Rag” versus the style of Guy Massey and Vernon Dalhart’s “The Prisoner’s song”, showed some great examples of the interesting ways musicians experimented with different genres before so many others arrived. Hearing the styles of a Hillbilly Country song , then listening to the looming opera vocals of Dalhart, make an interesting contrast that I didn’t know existed. Even more amazing is that the hub for country music around this time  (Nashville, Tennessee) was the central location for both these different kinds of country music. Before reading the text about country music I assumed most music at that time made in Nashville would sound like that Hillbilly style. I am more than excited to be wrong. After listening to these two examples in the book I thought I was listening to the wrong song! The drastic differences between these two songs exemplify how different sub-genres of music were created around the inception of Country music thrusting itself into the public light. I myself am not a fan of modern country music by any means, but I am a fan of the works of Johnny Cash and June Carter. I was surprised and elated to see “Wildwood Flower” by The Carter Family was one of the recommended songs to listen to in the book. This was not the version I was use to, but it gave me a glimpse in to the origins of how June Carter became a musicians and how her families reputation assisted her in finding her place in country music in the 1960s. Hearing the steel guitar during the song “Steel Guitar Rag” left me slightly confused. I did not think that at the time guitars had the ability to resonate the way it does on the song. Also, seeing some of the photography in the main textbook showed the “big band” style of music was all the rage back in the day. I knew that Jazz bands at the time had a “big band” style, requiring several different horns, piano player, and various substitutes for changing instruments. The photo of Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys on stage shows 13 musicians ranging from brass instruments to guitar and drums. Thinking of songs like “Home on the Range” and others mentioned in the chapters about country music would never make me think that any type of country music, let alone its’ humble beginnings, featuring any type of brass instruments like trumpet or trombone. In conclusion, this weeks reading about country music and the emergence of new technologies in music has left me with a different and more well informed impression of the beginnings of country and Jazz music in the early 20th century.