MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maybellene, Artists And Repertoire, The Beach Boys
23 May 2016
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Overview ii: music industry and rise of rock. Rock and roll = rhythm and blues (3) technological development: transistor technology, vinyl technology (45 rpm and 33 1/3 lp, electric guitar and microphone, magnetic tape technology: 1946 ampex (u. s. ) -- 5-10,000 dollars (4) changes in the music industry: network television and independent radio, african-american radio - wdia, memphis (1948, radio dj"s: Promoter (alan freed/dick clark: creation of bmi (1939, growth of independent record labels, major record companies vs indie labels, search for a youth specific music. Large bureaucracy: centralized control, hierarchically organized, rule driven, functionally compartimentalized: Distribution: national distribution (100,000 sales, vertically integrated: publishing-production-distribution owned pressing. Sun atlantic vee jay chess: small staff, regional distribution (10-20,00 sales, hand-to-mouth financing problems: Cover versions ( sh-boom crew cuts, spotify or youtube ) Instrumentation (no honking sax: artists (black (cid:198) white, vocal delivery (no shouting vocals, tempo and the groove (often slower than original, lyrics (no sexual content)
