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Phonograph/Turntable
Introduced in 1877 by Thomas Edison, there had been inventiuons before able to record sound but this was the first to be able to reproduce it. There was a handle on the side which you had to wind up and could only produce music 4 minuets at a time. It developed into what we know as a turntable -
Jukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media. This was great as people no longer had to go to the theater to listen to music, but instead a local bar or hall would be a much cheaper option. -
Radio
In The Hague, the Netherlands started broadcasting on November 6, 1919, making it, arguably the first commercial broadcasting station. This is arguably the most important invention for music music consumption as still today radio is a huge factor in the consuption of music. -
Vinyl
With the introduction of vinyl people could collect their music for their homes. This was very beneficial for homeowners as they could have a constant supply of music without listening to the radio. The vinyl records are more difficult to brake but still scratched easily and could collect dust which is difficult to clean, this could resort to cracks in the song and in some cases skipping parts of the song. -
Cassette
Phillips created the first tape deck in 1963 but wasn't marketed until 1965. Originally it was intended for portable speech and not to replace reel to reel recorders. People used to record the charts from the radio onto their cassettes. This was the first kind of music piracy known -
Walkman
In June 1980 the walkman came to the US. With that bought a whole new way of listening to your music publicly. As you could wear headphones you could listen to musc on the go. This made ideas such as the boombox redundant. -
MTV
The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star". This was followed by the video for Pat Benatar's "You Better Run". Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR. -
CDs
Prototypes were developed by Philips and Sony independently from the mid-to-late 1970s. The two companies then collaborated to produce a standard format and related player technology which was made commercially available in 1982. This then was favoured over cassette tapes. -
Ipod
With the Ipod ment people had no use for walkmans anymore. The idea of only having one cd was changed and you could bring your entire library with you wherever you went. -
Pirate Bay
With Pirate Bay people were able to download a;bms for free. This is the development of the cassette piracy as the scale is increased and people could target albums. -
Youtube
Youtube was the first online movie sharing brand. This changed the way we consume music as no longer did people have to watch t.v or listen to the radio, they could search on Youtube
