Sounds, Screens, Speakers: An Introduction to Music and Media (Hardcover)

Overview: All Media Are Social Media: Concepts, Materials, Methods Key Reading: "From Music Publishing to MP3: Music and Industry in the 20th Century" Reebee Garofalo Part 1: The Early Recording Industry, 1875 to 1940. Key Reading: A collection of gramophone and phonograph ads from the early 20th century. 1. Mediated Music, Fidelity, and Social Anxiety Focus: Selling the Phonograph 2. Sound Recordings and Radio in the 'Jazz Age' Focus: The Devil's Music 3. 'Microphone Singing' and the Short Musical Film Focus: Crooners and 'Real' Singers 4. The Global Gramophone Focus: The Recorded Music of the 'Black Atlantic' Part 2: Bigger, Better, Louder, Longer, 1930 to 1970. Key Reading: Introduction to Rock 'N' Film David James 5. The Triumph of the Film Musical Focus: Two Films with Frank Sinatra 6. The 'Youth' Movie and the 45 Focus: Marlon, Jimmy, and Elvis on Film Key Reading: Chasing Sound: The Culture and Technology of Recording Studios in Postwar America Susan Horning 7. FM Radio and the Long Playing Record Focus: Freeform Radio 8. Magnetic Tape and the Recording Studio Focus: The Producer: Tom Dowd of Atlantic Records Part 3: New Forms of Media, New Kinds of Fame, 1960 to 2000 Key Reading: Music, Image, Labor: Television's Prehistory Murray Forman 9. Music on Television in the 1960s and 70s Focus: "Our World" and "Elvis" 10. MTV and the Evolution of the Short Musical Film Focus: From Playing Music Videos to Branding Musical Fame 11. The Popular Music Documentary Focus: "Don't Look Back" and the 'Great Art' of Bob Dylan 12. Rock Film at the End of the 20th Century Focus: "Meeting People Is Easy" and the 'Great Art' of Radiohead Part Four: Clouds, Crowds, and Idols, 1980 to 2015 Key Reading: The Heavenly Jukebox Charles Mann 13. New Ways to Connect Focus: The Invention and Spread of the MP3 14. The Catastrophe of Napster, the Opportunities of Digital Focus: Napster v. The Music Industry 15. Music-Based Reality TV Focus: The Idol Journey 16. Streaming, Clouds, and the Dematerialization of Music Focus: Curating Music in the Playlist Economy Index