Sound art at first reminded me of a synthetic music style, which made me think of DJ sampling where artists will do things like use recordings of urban sound scapes or old music records and mix it with other beats or music. Here's some sweet examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAuCrcr9jrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuMMKgco_c4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYIlKkOSW2s&feature=related
After the reading, I learned that it does not necessarily have to be musical, it's almost in its own category. It could be the use of anything from the droning of an airplane cabin to the dripping of water in order to create something artistic.
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