MUH 2019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Victory Records, Studio Recording, Goodnight, Irene
6 Oct 2016
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Emergence of teenage market (1/3 of all sales) Conservative tastes (return to normalcy : romantic crooners, easy listening ( light music , novelty songs. Payola shows up in this era: gets your record heard, ar guys would pay off djs to get their records on the air. Magnetic tape: invented wwii (germans, better quality ( high fidelity ) Battle of speeds (78, 45, or 33 rpm) Fm broadcasting (from 1939: much clearer, but line of sight, quality is a tradeoff for distance disability. Popular duo (1950-54: 16 top ten hits, 6 mil records sold (1951) He experience in all styles: country, jazz, etc, radio and studio musician, guitar, banjo, etc. She family of preachers: singer in many styles, gospel, country, etc. Invented the speed recording = chipmunk effect. Example: i"m sitting on top of the world . No guitar player before played as fast as he did (1/2 speed recording), it makes an electronic effect.
