Feedback has become one of the most commonly used techniques in music in many genres, but it was not always that way. Feedback nowadays is so common that it doesn't even sound strange, but it used to be a very grating sound to listen to.
Where did it start? You know it... The Beatles. They had played around with it, but had never been able to make it work... then one day at a break in rehearsal, one of the Beatles set his guitar next to an amplifier that was still turned on... as they walked away, there was a tremendous vibration off of one of the strings, and using feedback in music was born.
Even though it is simple compared to the complex uses it has today, you can see John Lennon in this video purposely causing feedback on his guitar to start the song, "I Feel Fine."
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