Phonograph cylinder

The aim of this essay is to look into contemporary means of music distribution, and identify which is currently the most profitable and widely used, and why they are used and the effect they have on the music industry. This information will then be used to predict which method of distribution will survive the test of time, and potentially be the means of distribution that could still be in use 15 years from now. This essay will explore the profitability and popularity of three different platforms: vinyl records, digital downloads, and music streaming services. Music piracy has been considered very problematic for the music industry since the age of vinyl records and cassette tapes (Berlatsky, 2013) (Gil, n.d.), though the problem really only became widespread with the invention of a compact file format, known as MP3 (Lalwani, 2015). Along with the invention of the MP3 format, easy to access software was created, which usually had instant, and free access to thousands of copyrighted music (Harris, 2016) (Witt, 2016) (Alderman, 2002) It became such a cause for concern that numerous artists began to sue the distributors of pirated music, the most notable case of this is when Metallica sued Napster in 2000, and won (Zaleski, 2015). This forced Napster to become a subscription service, rather than a free service as it had always been up until this point (Harris, 2016), but despite this, an increasing number of sites were created to continue the legacy Napster had created…

people live today. Everywhere you go music is someway making itself present. For years now the way we listen to music has changed making it more suitable and comfortable for us to listen to. Back in the day people would have to carry boom boxes over their shoulders to hear their favorite songs. Now we have the privilege to have it in the palms of our hands. It started with American inventor Thomas Edison who was the first person to invent a device to record and play music on. It was…

extranomical feet, shaking the ground of modern technology at the time, but now it has developed so rapidly to support our need of human connection that you might be surprised how similar we are to those who first invented it. The process of refining and marketing the phonograph from the texts “The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph” and “The Incredible Talking Machine” by Randall Stross is similar to the development of the Audio Spotlight in Mark Fischetti’s “Psst…. Hey You.” Competitors…

The Talking Doll Once Edison had patented his phonograph, he began to develop ways to use it. One idea was to miniaturize the phonograph and insert it into a doll or other toy. The phonograph was enclosed in a tin casing that composed the doll's chest. Then arms, legs, and head were attached for the complete look. Little girls sat in factory stalls and recorded the songs and nursery rhymes that were inscribed on the wax cylinders for the phonographs to play. Unfortunately, the idea of a talking…

I did my presentation over how many times my lovely guinea pig Gus whistled at me when I walked in the room. I got Gus about two years ago, and I will say he is a very needy piggy. His specific breed is a teddy guinea pig, which means he has some what long hair, and he is very fluffy. Now, on about my research. As I said before, Gus is needy; therefore, if I were to leave the room and come back he would want a treat, he would want me to pet him on his little head, or he would want me to just…

today's music without the phonograph? Possibly, we had limited access to live music and the music industry would not have existed. The importance of the phonograph lies in the role it played in bringing the culture (in this case, musical) to the middle classes. Without it, this art could have access only the wealthiest social groups. The phonograph had much to do in popularizing music. This invention was definitely the most important technological influence in the future of music. Previous to…

Music recording has come a long way. In 1877, Thomas Edison made the first successful recording of the human voice using a tinfoil cylinder phonograph. Since then, there had been several developments in sound recording technology. Most of the earlier inventions in music recording were cumbersome and expensive and only large music studios could afford them. However, the recent innovations such as music recording software have made it possible for nearly everyone with interest to create and store…

The beginnings of music technology and consumption originated in the late 1800s with Thomas Edison’s ingenious phonograph. Over a course of seventy-five years, the phonograph has received many upgrades and has even become a basis for the recent music technology today (Price and Albright para. 5). Some of the newer music technological advances include vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs, portable MP3 players, and streaming services, which have all revolutionized music consumption because they have…

The idea of music playback came from Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a bookseller, and trader from Paris. In 1857, Scott obtained a fascination for the human ear which led him to invent the Phonautograph, an instrument primarily used to study acoustics in laboratory research. The construction of the phonograph was heavily inspired by the anatomy of the human ear. Consisting of three main components that replicated the build of the ear canal, eardrum, and ossicles. Sound waves would be…

The Phonograph and Gender Introduction The year was 1977. Thomas Edison created the phonograph, a device he thought would be used for business and preserving important figures’ last words. Instead, it became the first music playing device. The phonograph is the Walkman 's, the CD player’s, the boombox’s, and the mp3 player’s ancestor. It was the very first. Although it was a machine, something women of the time were not typically associated with, they influenced the phonograph much more than…