Long, Long Ago
The industry is the business of composing, performing, recording, and distributing music
In 1877, Thomas Edison developed this invention that could record sound by creating indentations on tinfoil.
Over time, the phonograph developed into the turntable, also called the _________ _________.
What is record player?
During the 1970s, inventors developed a digital way of storing sound using this circular, plastic item.
What is a compact disc or CD?
The most popular brand of mp3 player, released by Apple in 2001, allowed users to take their music library with them on the go in a compact, easy to use device.
What is the iPod?
Because tinfoil became unusable after just a few plays, Alexander Graham Bell developed a more durable method of recording on the phonograph.
What is the wax cylinder?
In the 1940s, Columbia Records developed the "Long Playing vinyl record that had a "12 inch diameter and allowed artists to release this number of songs on one disc.
What is 20?
The 1980s
In June 1999, a peer-to-peer sharing software called Napster was formed. It allowed users to share music and other files without this type of permission.
What is copyright?
Very few people could do this in earlier centuries. It was usually only for those in the church or in the schools.
Around 1900, inventors were perfecting this kind of method to broadcast information across the country.
What is radio?
During the 1970s, the bulky 8-track was replaced by this smaller, more portable version.
What is a cassette tape?
A CD works by focusing this kind of beam onto the disc. The beam measures differences in how light is reflected off the plastic layer on the bottom of the disc, converting it into sound.
What is a laser?
Pandora launched in 2005 with a different online listening model. Instead of users selecting certain songs or playlists, Pandora would make this for them, allowing them to discover new music along with the songs they already liked.
What is a radio station?
Any copies of music had to be made like this.
What is handmade or by hand?
The 1920s to the 1950s was considered the "________ Age of Radio" because it was the primary mode of entertainment in households across the Western world.
What is "Golden Age of Radio"?
People would make these for friends where they would record tracks from other tapes onto blank ones, mixing songs from different albums together.
What is a mixtape?
CDs overtook the cassette tape by the 1990s because they could do this, with a clearer, crisper sound.
What is being able to hold more music?
Music streaming platforms allow you to listen to music using this.
What is the Internet?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg allowed mass production of written text.
What is the printing press?
Radios ran on this type of power until most homes got central electricity in the 1930s.
What are batteries?
Cassette tapes reached the height of popularity in the 1980s, along with the release of this device, which allowed users to listen to tapes on a small portable device with headphones.
What is the Sony Walkman?
At the very beginning of the CD manufacturing process, the master disc is made from this material.
What is glass?
By the 2020s, this platform emerged as the most dominant streaming service with access to over 80 million songs and many options to customize their listening experience, particularly through the creation of playlists.
What is Spotify?