History of Sound Media

Extract

[...] But in the 2000s, it's the arrival of the internet and video channels like MTV. It's the years of big music video creations and it's high-quality videos like Thriller. We move away from standardization with illegal downloads. It's the big concerts that take the place of all other concerts. From 2010, it's the arrival of platforms. This allowed the music industry to survive because it took time for people to accept paying. The algorithm allows for discovering new artists, new genres, etc. This also allows unknown people to be heard. [...]

[...] This is therefore the birth of paid music with concert halls. The musical world is also organized but for national prestige purposes with the birth of the Academies of Painting, Fine Arts . Contemporary Era The capitalist world decides at this time to make money with artists, particularly with the standardization of orchestras, paid concert halls . This is also the time of the creation of new independent countries following the fall of Empires. We distinguish Slovak music, Burmese music, etc. [...]

[...] Music is therefore religious and it is only male voices. The chants in Latin are called Gregorian chants and at that time, we use the reverberation of the noise in the cathedral. The place is thus designed to accommodate the sounds. Renaissance From the Renaissance, the bourgeoisie takes power and cultural activities leave the Church. The Renaissance is a break where orders are no longer under the monopoly of the Church. Culture is thus used to distinguish oneself and sensitivity also changes. [...]

[...] It is thought of as a place of prestige in the city center and a place of distinction. The Elites distinguish themselves by going to the opera. It is a place of representation of the elite (nobles + rich). This must also be a complicated spectacle (complicated music . ) to distinguish oneself by having cultural capital. 20e century At the 20e century, we have several media, that of cinema, the music industries, the radio and the press. The radio experiences a rapid success because the antennas are not very expensive but it's especially a very good tool for propaganda and the States facilitate its arrival. [...]

[...] It becomes a communication tool. After the war, the media reorganize in all countries. There is no longer a state monopoly and there are now new radios. On the one hand, the peripheral radios, they are around France because they broadcast on the borders with Europe RTL (Luxembourg), RMC (Monaco). On the other hand, private radios establish competition, which means that they must specialize. The radio is a segmented listening vector (it specializes according to the age range). It also becomes a musical diffusion tool later. [...]