new media- recorded music

Question 0

1924:

Answer 0

Radio play of music leads to decline by half in record sales

Question 1

1877:

Answer 1

Thomas Edison introduces the speaking phonograph

Question 2

1940:

Answer 2

Frank Sinatra becomes the first modern teen music and radio idol

Question 3

1951:

Answer 3

“rocket 88” is the first rock song

Question 4

When were studio recordings introduced?

Answer 4

1956

Question 5

When did the MTV music channel appear on cable tv?

Answer 5

1981

Question 6

1982

Answer 6

CDs revolutionize “record” sales

Question 7

When did napster introduce Internet file sharing?

Answer 7

1999

Question 8

2003

Answer 8

Apple introduces iTunes and iPod and legal Internet sales of music take off

Question 9

2007

Answer 9

Companies start to sell digital music without copy protection

Question 10

In the late 1800s and 1900s what did inventors create I. An attempt to reproduce music for the public?

Answer 10

Nickelodeons

Question 11

What is a nickelodeon?

Answer 11

A phonograph or player piano operated by inserting a coin, originally a nickel

Question 12

When did lippincott start putting coin operated phonographs in penny arcades?

Answer 12

1890

Question 13

When and what did the victor talking machine company introduce? Why was this so significant?

Answer 13

1906, the home victrola (the trade name for an early phonograph. Like Kleenex is to facial tissues). Now people could listen to recorded music in their homes

Question 14

What was the most popular music in the 1930’s and 40’s? Name 3 artists

Answer 14

Big band, Glenn miller, guy Lombardo and tommy Dorsey

Question 15

What other musical genres began to emerge?

Answer 15

Gospel, blues, and blue grass

Question 16

Who wrote and performed rocket 88? And who got the credit for it?

Answer 16

Ike turned and his kings of rhythm but credit went to Jackie Brenston and the delta cats

Question 17

What made the record industry slump?

Answer 17

WWII

Question 18

What happened in 1947 that made music editing easier?

Answer 18

The Minnesota mining and manufacturing company (3M) introduced magnet tape. It also improved sound fidelity, and reduced costs

Question 19

What did columbia introduce in 1948 & 1949?

Answer 19

Large 33 1/3 rpm long-playing recording and RCA introduced the smaller 45 rpm record

Question 20

How does magnetic Recording work?

Answer 20

The tape passes over a recording head (an electomagnet) that rearranges the magnetic fields on the tape according to an electric current produced by a microphone. When playing back the tape runs over another e.magnet head which responding to the patterns stored on the tape and generates another modulated current that is sent to a loudspeaker.

Question 21

After 1970, what did recording companies and fm radio stations do?

Answer 21

They began to diversify into distinct rock formats like album oriented rock, top 40, heavy metal, and adult contemporary

Question 22

When did CDs begin to emerge?

Answer 22

1982

Question 23

When did retail distribution and radio stations begin to move to the Internet?

Answer 23

1990s

Question 24

When did copyright fees for music imposed in Internet radio stations?

Answer 24

2002

Question 25

What did copyright companies do in 2000 to force free music exchanges to stop?

Answer 25

They used lawsuits, basing them on copyright violations

Question 26

When did apple open the iTunes store?

Answer 26

2003

Question 27

What are record labels?

Answer 27

Particular names for a group of recordings which usually represent a consistent type of music. One company may own several labels

Question 28

What rears the 4 big companies that dominate the music industry?

Answer 28

Universal (28.6%)
Sony BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group- 20.1%)
Warner (14.1%)
Emi (electric & musical industries- 10.9%)

Question 29

How much market share do independent labels have?

Answer 29

26.3%