History of technology within Music industry

Evolution of music

1870 - Gramaphone
Birth of vinyls (LPs), by Thomas Eddison. It was the beginning of a culture of private music experience.
It is still used today by DJs, over a 100 years on, and is considered a retro, collectible item, with a cult status.

1954 - Transistor radio
It was first sold for $49.95, and was available in a range of colours.
It allowed music to not be confined in one place, and allowed the companies to market their artists on the radio.

1963 - Cassette
It was created by Philips, but after pressure by Sony, free formate license was made.
It became the advent of portable music, followed by the walkman and boombox, it allowed transferrence by users, which led to be frowned upon my the music industry.
It introduced pop, and underground scenes, and also was used for allowing sermons to be sent to overthrow the government in the Cold War.

1982 - Compact Disc
It was origionally designed to store audio files, by Philips and Sony, with the use of synergy, but later realised it could store data also.
The first music album to be released onto a CD was '52nd Street' by Billy Joel, October 1st 1982 in Japan (vertical integration).
It was known to have better quality than a cassette, and represents the physical aspect of sales within music now, 26 years later.

The change in industry had begun, as music was noweasily portable, but technology went one step further from this.

1980s+ - Boombox
Became a fascination to the hip hop culture, and seemed to encourage breakdancing, as it was a portable stero to play their music.

1986 - Discman
Wasn't all too popular due to the hype of other products, but modernly is considered to be retro

1998 - Mp3 player
Contained 32mb storage, almost 10 songs!
GIven the name 'Saehan's MPMan F10'
from the introduction of the Mp3 player, within just three years a huge upgrade in development had occurred.
2001 - Apple iPod
Contained several audio formats, colour choice, and was a very user-friendly interface

It shows how the music industry still relies on old concepts, syergy, vertical integration, and marketing within their own products.