When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows. — Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer

When thinking of technology, automated robots and self-driving cars readily come to mind. The arts, however, are also undergoing revolutionary changes because of up-and-coming technological innovations. Music in particular has a rich history of technology, and the music industry has evolved thanks to groundbreaking inventions that help create music, and disseminate it.