40 Noises That Built Pop

image credit
Almost every sound in rock and pop history that's caused your ears to prick up, or your eyebrows to raise, has been sampled or digitally reconstructed for our music-making convenience. But these sounds all started somewhere; a musician or a producer made a noise and someone in the studio piped up and said, 'Hey! Actually, that sounds quite good!'
And so the palette of rock and pop music was formed - a series of happy accidents, developed, refined and combined, mixed down and presented to us. Here are some of the most distinctive noises and, in no particular order, the records that best showcase them.
(via ackackack)The Presurfer