A major mark in the 20th century music is the advent of technology and the influences through which developing technology. Advanced technology provided for the ability to offer more effective forms of recording, distributing, and dramatizing music. In relation to the fact that by this time music had expanded beyond the limitation of concerts, the advances in technology provided for a much-required solution for musicians to distribute and reach their audiences at a global scale. Technology advances have since been influencing the manner through which music is distributed, intertwined as a business, and the different styles through which it can be designed and dramatized for more effective quality and attractiveness. Like in the various other industries, technology has played a vital role in the development of music from when music and technology met in time to date. This essay purports to discuss the nature through which advances in technology influenced the development of music in the early 20th century periods prior to 1945 in terms of the technology innovation, distribution, and business. This can be related to the other aspects of the society that have been influenced by the early interaction of music and technology thus offering for a clearer understanding of the modes of social interactions. The style of music in the 20th century was significantly changed by the technology innovation which is the electric recording. The new technology which used a new device called the microphone, replaced older system of acoustic recording, in which performers had to project into a huge megaphone. (Starr, 2014) This technological innovation allowed engineers to isolate and amplify particular song included an individual human voice and also allowed engineers to manipulate musical sounds to produce certain effects. In the period culminating to 1940, there developed the aspect of musique concrete. The unique aspect involved was the mutual editing of natural and industrial sounds in the development of a music track. As such, it is during these times that the first music tracks composed of both the natural voice of the musician and industrial sounds was recorded. Resultantly, it enabled for the diversification of songs into different s