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Born in the 1950s, this genre was created by blending Rhythm & Blues, Gospel, and Country music.
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What is Rock & Roll?
Launched in 1981, this cable TV network made music videos an essential part of a hit song's success.
What is MTV?
Released in 1979, Sony changed personal music forever with this portable cassette player.
What is the Walkman?
Modern listeners moved away from buying physical records like vinyl and CDs in favor of this cloud-based model.
What is music streaming?
How has the primary way artists share and profit from music changed from the 20th century to the 21st century?
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What is moving from selling physical ownership (vinyl, tapes, CDs) to accessing music on demand via cloud streaming platforms?
This iconic British Invasion band helped completely reshape studio recording techniques in the 1960s
Who are The Beatles?
Dance floors in the 1970s were dominated by this upbeat music genre featuring heavy basslines and light shows.
What is Disco?
Introduced in 1982, this shiny digital optical disc format began replacing cassette tapes and vinyl records.
What is the Compact Disc (CD)?
Instead of radio DJs, modern streaming platforms use these to recommend new tracks based on your habits.
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What are algorithms (or algorithmic playlists)?
The practice of taking a portion of a pre-existing sound recording and reusing it in a new song, which became a foundation of Hip-Hop and modern production.
What is sampling?
Portable radio tech in the 1950s allowed teens to listen anywhere and led to this popular radio format.
What is Top 40 radio?
Fast, loud, and rebellious, this anti-establishment 1970s genre challenged traditional rock music.
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What is Punk Rock?
Released in 2001, this Apple device put "1,000 songs in your pocket" using MP3 digital files.
What is the iPod?
Today, music discovery happens rapidly when short video clips go viral on this social media app.
What is TikTok?
Modern independent artists can distribute music worldwide without a major record label by using independent digital distribution platforms like DistroKid or this video platform.
What is YouTube (or SoundCloud/DistroKid)?
Known as the "King of Rock & Roll," this artist dominated the charts throughout the late 1950s and 1960s.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Name two major genres that emerged or surged to massive popularity during the 1970s.
What are any two of: Disco, Punk, Funk, Soul, or Arena/Heavy Metal?
This 1950s invention was the first device to make music truly portable long before digital media existed.
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What is the Transistor Radio?
Estimate how many total tracks are uploaded to streaming platforms like Spotify daily—within 20,000.
What is 100,000 tracks per day?
Prior to streaming, artists relied primarily on royalty money generated from radio airplay and physical sales of this 1980s digital optical disc format.
What is a Compact Disc (CD)?
Legendary Detroit record label founded by Berry Gordy in 1959 that defined the 1960s Soul sound.
What is Motown?
Originating in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, this movement grew into a global culture featuring MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti.
What is Hip-Hop?
The digital audio compression format that drastically reduced music file sizes in the late 1990s, paving the way for online sharing.
What is an MP3?
Launched in 2008, this Swedish company became the world's largest audio streaming service by market share.
What is Spotify?
The shift from physical media to digital platforms transformed music from a physical product into this type of monthly subscription model.
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What is an on-demand streaming service?