Let's Take a Look at the Evolution of Recorded Music!
Before electricity was invented and used, all music created by composers had to be written down on paper using a quill and ink. They had to document every single note that was to be played (on instruments like piano, violin, harp, etc.) with great detail about the time signature, the speed and tone in which it needed to be played! Often times there was only one or two copies of sheet music, so it's a wonder how all those amazing composition from Mozart and Vivaldi and the like all made it to us today! Good record keeping I guess!
1877: Phonograph on wax cylinders
1890's: Gramophone on large discs
1920's: AM/FM radio frequency
1930's: Magneto phone electronic recording (magnetic tape recording)
1948: Vinyl records created
1960's: 4-track and 8-track cartridge tapes created, while vinyl was heavily purchased until the 1980's
1970's: Cassettes/Walkman created, used until the 1990's
1980's: Compact Discs (CD's)
1990's: MP3 created
2000's: iPod domination (mini, shuffle, nano, touch)
2010's: Digital live streaming services (Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music) and phone music storage and play
2020's: All on the cloud, online streaming, purchasing, storage on your smartphone, primarily iPhone
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