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Phonograph
Famous inventor Thomas Edison invented a device call the Phonograph, this device would let you record or play your own personal music. -
Gramophone
A inventor by the name of Emilie Berliner invented the Gramophone this was very similar to the Phonograph in looks. It was able to play flat dics, this meant that you could have your songs playing in your house -
Jukebox
One of the first ways people could listen to music came from the invention of the Jukebox, which was released in 1927. This machine was used in pubs, nightclubs and restaurants and operated where you would put the requested amount of money in then you could choose one of the songs that was in the machine. They went on to become very popular and in the 50's they had a small one on each table and you would insert your money for it to play the song and while it would play the employees would dance -
Jubebox Music Consumption
This menat that the poeple would have a choice vinyl records that were already in the jukebox and they couldn't add or take any records out of it. When you chose the song it would play it out of the machine so you would only hear it from inside the place where it was so it wasn't portable and you couldn't have your personalised playlists in it so if you wanted to listen to that song you would have to go to the jubebox and pay to hear it. -
Car Radio
Since radios where invented people were always looking for ways to put it in their car so they had something to listen to while they drove. But the first official car radio was released in 1930 by the galvin brothers costing $130 which was very expensive and if you want a deluxe model that would set you back $540 this radio was the first to wear the Motorla logo. Then in 1952 the first radio with FM not AM was realesed to the public by a brand called Blaupunkt, soon after that in 1955 the first -
Car Radio Music Consumption
With the invention of the car radio it menat that listen to music became more portable as you could now listen to the radio while you drove around, you would though have to listen to the radio and the songs that the people who were doing the radio broadcast decided to play but this was normally popular music as that was the demand -
Compact Cassettes
In 1964 the mass production of Compact Cassettes happened these small plastic things with magnetic tape recordings on them took over the world. They ment that you could get the new album of your favorite artist on this small device that you could fit in your pocket. All you need as well was a player for them, at first you have players that you would put the tape into and it would play it for you. They then moved onto being fitted in cars and combined with the car radio so you listen while you dr -
Compact Cassettes Music Consumption
With the invention of the compact cassettes it meant that you could have more choice in what you listened to as the songs on the casstte would be a certain artist that if you brought you would obviously like and enjoy listening too. It also made it that you could listen to the music in your house as long as you had the cassette player but you still could't listen to music while walking down the street. -
Walkman
In 1972 the first Walkman was made under another name after years of testing they went on sale to the public on July 1st 1979. These devices where a revolution as you could listen to your favorite cassette while you were waking around the first portable music player, all you had to do was put your headphones in attach the Walkman to your belt and you were sorted. The product became an incent success selling millions of copies with the first 3 months of its realese, to date there has been over 22 -
Walman Music Consumption
With the Walkman being introduced to the market it changed the way you listened to music massivly as now you listen to music as you could listen to music wherever you go and really for the first time music became portable as you just need the casstte of the artisted you liked your walkman and you could just walk and listen to them -
Apple Ipod
In 2001 small names brand apple realesed the first generation iPod this device took music computation to another level as now instead of putting your dics into the machine and listening you could go onto it and the song would be saved on it without needing a dics. This meant that they could be smaller so you could carry them around easier, also that you could have lots of different songs from different artist on one machine instead of having to care all the discs around with you. -
Apple IPod Music Consumption
With this going on sale it meant that you could now not have to carry your Cassettes around with you and change the casstte you wanted to listen to a different artist, but now you put the music on your itunes account on your computer sync that with the IPod and it would be on there and you could listen to it as much as you want, it also meant that you make playlists of of your favoriate songs and made the music as portable as it could be.
