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| lightweight, magnetized strands made possible sound editing and multiple-track mixing. |
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| permitted the recording of two separate channels of sound. |
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| captures the fluctuations of sound waves and stores those signals in a record's grooves or a tape's continuous stream of magnetized particles. |
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| translates sound waves into binary on-off pulses and stores that information as a numerical code |
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| Song and Phillips made this digitally recorded disc to take advantage of new technology. |
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| American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) |
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| founded in 1914 to collect copyright fees for music. |
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| enables digital recordings to be compressed into smaller, more manageable files. (1992) |
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| music that appeals to either a wide cross section of the public or to a sizable subdivision within the larger public based on age, region, or ethnic background. |
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an improvisational and mostly instrumental music for, which integrated a diverse body of musical styles. (New Orleans, 1930s-1940s)
Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey |
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| A song recorded or preformed by another artist. |
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| the first "integrationist music," a widespread impact on so many different cultures. |
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foundation of rock and roll, influence by African American music from the rural south.
Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, Son House |
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| blues-based urban black music. |
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| early white rockers combined with county or hillbilly music, southern gospel, and Mississippi delta blues. |
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| record promoters paying deejays or radio programmers to play particular songs. |
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| transformed rhythms and melodies of older R&B, pop, and early rock and roll. (1960s) |
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| songs preformed by untrained musicians and passed down mainly through oral traditions. |
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| folk music aimed at reaching a broader and younger constituency. (1960s) |
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| challenge the orthodoxy and commercialism of the record business (1970s); simple chord structures, catchy melodies, and politically or socially challenging lyrics. |
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| updated punk, messy guitar sound and the anti-fashion torn jeans and flannel shirt appearance of it musicians and fans.(1990s) |
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| describes many types of experimental rock music that offered a departure from the theatrics and staged extravaganzas of 1970s glam rock. |
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| a term for urban culture that includes rapping, cutting by deejays, breakdancing, street clothing, poetry slams, and graffiti art. (1980s) |
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| seeks to tell the truth about gang violence in American culture, but has been accused of creating violence. |
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| a business situation in which a few firms control most of an industry's production and distribution resources. |
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| Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group |
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| small independent production houses which record less commercially viable music. |
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| A & R (Artist & Repertoire) Agents |
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| the talent scouts of the music business, who discover, develop, and sometimes manage artists. |
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| unauthorized online file sharing. |
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