MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Crazy Blues, Mamie Smith, Ralph Peer
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Mechanical reproduction o o o o secretaries went on strike again. Technology has a profound change in the music industry. Technology was not intended for music, it was initially a business tool. Secretaries carried power(all men), if this device wasn"t sold, The medium itself was very fragile, not intended to play over and over. Listening to it over and over again can ruin the tool. Going from fragile wax and foil cylinder to wax (gramophone) 1925- industry standard speed set to 8 r. p. m o o o o o o o. Music was meant to be heard not played through technology such as a. Can be compared to development television; a culture shock. Black music/ rural southern white music not recorded because: gramophone. Cultural chauvinism(a belief that something that is inherently o o o better) If the culture itself comes from a rural area, chances are you aren"t going to make a lot of money.
