 The Technological Entrepreneurs: Engineers, Accountants, and HippiesChapter Chapter 7 in Rock and Roll Fantasy?, 2013, pp 77-89 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Technology made the recorded music industry possible, and despite current pronouncements of doom from record company executives, over the past century innovative entrepreneurs have always adapted technology so that more and more people have been able to enjoy music created by a growing pool of musicians [62]. As technology advanced, new musical styles were created when musicians were able to interact with different musical genres. In turn, the musicians influenced the technology that was created. Leo Fender, who could not play or tune a guitar, would never have created his path-breaking Telecaster guitar had there not been a demand for such an instrument. New technologies brought lower cost means of producing recorded music, but, at the same time, threatened the distribution of music by older methods. The recorded music industry significantly decreased the demand for sheet music, much as the later rise of cassette tapes and CDs decreased the demand for earlier technologies. Technological invention and musical style innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the nineteenth century. Keywords: Vacuum Tube; Recorded Sound; Live Performance; Recorded Music; Musical Style (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:spbrcp:978-1-4614-5900-2_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5900-2_7 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in SpringerBriefs in Business from Springer |
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