04:189:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Chichester Bell, Thomas Edison, La Lune

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:102
• Professor: THELANDERSSON; BOACHI, HENRY

Document Summary

Phonograph- greek phono for sound; graph meaning writing/inscription. 1878- patent an answering machine - playback tinfoil cylinders. Cylinders were too tall and wide and needed box containers to protect them. Zinc discs needed no storage boxes, could be stored in a small place. The fall and rise of recorded music (1920"-40s) 1925- music right fees for radio stations to use music (ascap) Made their own music to avoid fees. People listened to radio music because it was free. Cbs records introduces the long playing record (lp) Lighter more portable and permitted multi track mixing and editing. Record here, mix and master somewhere else. The fall and rise of recorded music 1950s-60s. Radio and recording industry join forces 1950s. Rock and rolls appeal- integrationist and attracted younger audiences + dj"s (payola) Record producer could buy a song and stop it from being mass produced. Home dubbing- recording music at home on a cassette tape.