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History Of The Music Industry

By cailinalevelmedia
  • Period: to

    Music printing depended on financial aid of high class (aristocracy) and churches

  • Period: to

    Music Dominated by sheet music publishers

  • Period: to

    New technology made sound recording possible. This created a new market. The "record industry" replaced sheet music publishers

  • First electrically recorded discs go on sale

  • Period: to

    Massive expansion due to BBC radio license. First music was played on a juke box

  • Period: to

    decline in music industry

  • First commercial release of reel to reel tape recorder

  • Vinyl is adopted as new material for recording

  • Period: to

    Dominated by jazz musicians

  • Compact Cassette Introduced

  • Yamana build first digital synthesiser

  • Walkman cassette (SONY), first release of a digitally recorded album

  • Period: to

    Big 6 dominated the industry

    Electric And Musical Industries Ltd, Columbia Broadcasting System, Bertelsmann Music Group, Polygram, Warner Bros Elektra Atlantic, Music Corporation Of America

  • CD players (SONY and Phillips)

  • Roland release first groovebox

  • MP3 format introduced

  • Big 5 - Polygram and Music Corporation Of America merged into Universal Music Group

  • Period: to

    less money was spent on recorded music

  • iPod (apple)

  • iTunes

  • Sony acquired BMG - Big 4

  • EMI was acquired by Universal - Big 3

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