The beginning of Modern Music
The 1920's was the beginning of the creation of modern music. Thanks to the new inventions created and the advancements in technology, it changed the way in which music would be made and the way that it would be distributed as well. Back in 1877 Thomas Edison invented the the phonograph in which allowed people to play back recordings. Later, in the the mid 1920's the way in which music was created and distributed would changed. The process of acoustically recording, was changed with an electrical process. This new form of creating music, would improve the audio of the recording.
The new way of creating music also led to the creation of record music industry. These industries would have the popular songs be shared through sheets of music, piano rolls, and live shows.
Another invention that increased the popularity of music was the radio. At first, the radio was mainly used by the newspaper owners, radio manufactures, and department stores that would use the radio in order to advertise their products. Once the radio was popular and was a common use by the majority of the American citizens, the radio would be used in order to promote popular music for others to listen to.
Connecting back to the radio, we can see that we still use the radio and it is mainly used to listen to popular music, more than to listen to the recent updates or news.
Jazz music was another type of music that was popular in the 1920's and it first began within the African American community. Because of the popularity many of the Southern African Americans were going to Chicago in order to look for a job. Jazz music was very important because it was very influential. Jazz music influenced fashion, dances, moral standards, youth culture, and race relations.
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Its so interesting how the spread of music through radio began during this time period, because now hearing music on the radio is something that is very normal.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this article! It was very interesting to read. I think it is also important to look at the effects jazz had on the American sociopolitical climate at the time. I wrote a similar article, and I learned that Jazz helped empower African Americans and gain recognition from their communities. Although it hadn't done anything to advance African American rights and drew little attention to African American issues, it changed music and race relations.
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