Notes on the Music Industry (Detailed)

- 1870's to 1980's = gramaphone (phonograph)
- became LP records
- 1870's music distribution started
- spawned the whole industry

- Cassette in 1963
- created by Philips
- wanted to vertically intergrate and keep to themselves
- sony + pressure = gave up the vertical intergration
- boombox (sony) - walkman (sony) - consumption from sony
- tape form of file sharing / could copy and swap
- music industry took a dim look on it the "filesharing"
- could record music onto the tape
- pop + portability = more popular
- tape players installed in cars - consumption
- Iran used tapes to attempt to overthrow government
- came to an end in the 80's

- CD (Compact Disc) - 1982
- synergy (Sony|Philips) - vertical intergration - boombox - record labels sold on cd from sony
- CD = doesn't wear out

- mp3 - Change in industry - portability / not physical

- Transistor Radio (1954)
- first portable music player
- music experienced freely

- Boombox - Cassette / Radio (Sony)
- Loud
- Portable
- Hip-Hop genre
- Breakdancing
- new ones have an ipod dock
- Retro
- play and record at one time

- Walkman - Sony
- Carry tapes with you
- MTV used in marketing
- 'sporty'
- sony / MTV - synergy
- synergy supported through vertical intergration

- CD = Killed the cassette

- First mp3 player from mpman - 32mb - 10 songs
- Saehan's MPman

- iPod - Apple
- Colours
- Formats
- Scrolling
- Gave status
- used old idea's for its development