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Example Music Industry - Past

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Table Of Contents 

 

 


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Music Home

Music - Past

Music - Present

Music - Future

 

Timeline of Technology




-Technology is a material product that is determined by the culture. This section of the wiki explains how culture has impacted the music industry over various decades

 

 

The Cultural Shaping of the Phonograph 

The purpose of the Edison's phonograph was to record speech so the blind could listen to literature. Instead, the phonograph became used as a musical device. A coin-operated phonograph was placed in San Francisco. The public's reaction to the machine was overwhelming and the phonograph was marketed for entertainment, which eventually led to the invention of the jukebox. People's willingness to pay for music created a business for the music industry. [1]

The history of technology is essential to the production, distribution, and the consumption of music. Sound recording was possible with the use of technology because it allowed for music to be heard in homes and not just live. Technology turned music into material cultural products. Recorded music became a tangible commodity and music was transformed into a product that is exchanged in a market economy.[2]

 

Rock and Roll Influences a Social Change

-By the 1950s the teeenage generation was forced to indentify with the mass culture of rock and roll which lead to a new generation of youth rebellion. The creation of rock and roll lead to the existence of other genres that were developed from the musical styles of rock and roll. 

 

-By the 1960s the baby boomer generation steered away from the former outlandish rock and roll,  and the genre of rock was developed and was more tame. The hippie generation was interested in music styles like the Beatles and Bob Dylan as well as anti-war efforts. This also brought interest with experimentation with drugs.

 

-As music progressed into the 1970s it became more viscious again. Heavy metal sounds like Led Zeplin became popular. 

 

Musical structure, like societal structure, can also reflect societal change. Music can be linked to social practices that generate cultural meaning. [3] In the mid 1950s Blues was developed and rock and roll was founded. The name Rock and Roll was a blues slang term for sex which led to instant controversy. [4]

The mass culture of rock and roll created a generation of youth that was highly influenced by its music. The genre of rock and roll, with the help of technology, created a youth rebellion that separated teenagers from their parents ways. Accessibility of music improved. Devices begun to get smaller and children did not have to be centralized around one source of music. They had the opportunity to listen to it on their own, which also separated them from their parents genre of choice. [5]

 

 

 

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Footnotes

  1. Latonero, Mark. "The Social and Cultural Shaping of Music Technology." Conference Papers -- International Communication Association(2003): 1-30. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 30 Sept. 201
  2. Latonero, Mark. "The Social and Cultural Shaping of Music Technology." Conference Papers -- International Communication Association(2003): 1-30. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 30 Sept. 201
  3. Latonero, Mark. "The Social and Cultural Shaping of Music Technology." Conference Papers -- International Communication Association(2003): 1-30. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 30 Sept. 201
  4. Campbell, Richard, Christopher R. Martin, and Bettina Fabos. "Sound Recording and Popular Music." Media & Culture: an Introduction to Mass Communication. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011. 70-105. Print.
  5. "Rock and Roll - Youth Culture, Divisions - Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society." Internet FAQ Archives - Online Education - Faqs.org. Web. 02 Oct. 2011. .

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