Music History
Popular from the 1950's - 1980's. An analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat polyvinyl chloride disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
What is a Vinyl Record (or Vinyl)?
Personal property that has a value but is not tangible (not a physical thing). These rights are governed by federal laws.
What is Intellectual Property?
The words of a song.
What are Song Lyrics (or Lyrics)?
The effort to raise customer interest and increase the demand for a product.
What is Promotion?
The person responsible for the outcome of the record. This person is selected by the musician and or label. They help inspire, direct, and manage the recording process.
Who is the Producer?
Stately homes, theatres and concert halls as settings for audiences to enjoy.
What is a Venue?
A centralized online file-sharing system that enabled users to download and share free music. It was closed down for copyright infringement in 2000 and relaunched 3 years later as a subscription service.
What is Napster?
This person is responsible for operating the studio hardware and software. They will capture the sound and edit it to preference.
What is the Engineer?
A percentage of actual sales that a licensee pays to a licensor
What are Royalties?
Became popular until the early 1990's. It is a small plastic disc on which music or other digital information is stored, and from which the information can be read using reflected laser light.
What are Compact Discs (or CD's)?
He recorded the first sound-on-sound overdubbed, or multi-track recording in 1948.
Who is Les Paul?
A set of exclusive rights granted to an inventor for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.
What are Patents?
The process of arranging individual instrument tracks together to create a full song.
What is Mixing?
Including merchandise (shirts, posters, etc.) with an album to attract more demand.
What are Bundle Packages (or Bundling)?
The timing and sequence of the music, chorus and verse, etc.
What is Song Structure?
Popular from 1965 to the late 1970s. It paved the way for all sorts of innovations in portable listening (especially in your car).
What is the Eight-Track Cassette?
Work formed from already existing materials in a way that forms its own original work, including collective works.
What is a Compilation?
This is the process of getting the finished music or merchandise into the hands of customers.
What is Distribution?
Orders of albums placed before their release date.
What are Pre-Ordered Albums?
A formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or commercial method which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable by others, and by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers.
What are Trade Secrets?
He invented the basic printing press in the 1600's.
Who is Gutenburg?
Legal rights that grant the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time, with the intention of enabling the creator to receive compensation for their intellectual effort.
What are Copyrights?
The notes that make up the central theme of the music.
What is Song Melody (or Melody)?
Technology now allows people to download digital copies of music to various storage devices.
What is Digital Distribution of music?
Adjusting frequencies (bass, treble) to suit the style of music
What is Equalizing?