Complex sentence: Prevention and reduction of unwanted sound, from tape hiss to squeaking bass drum pedals, is important in many musical pursuits, but noise is also used creatively in many ways, and in some way in nearly all genres.
Split into simpler sentences: Prevention and reduction of unwanted sound, from tape hiss to squeaking bass drum pedals, is important in many musical pursuits. But noise in the sense of uncontrolled sound is also used creatively in many ways, and in some way in nearly all genres.