MHL153-Recordings - Includes information on Audio, Radio, Tin Pan Alley, American Jazz Music, the PDF

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Includes information on Audio, Radio, Tin Pan Alley, American Jazz Music, the 1930's, famous artists, and other random facts. Detailed description on the information is included. Two pages of lecture notes....

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Recordings ❏ DAW - Digital Audio Workstation - Apple logic, Garage Band (a way of recording sound onto computer or hard drive so can work on into a digital form) ❏ Benefits - can record hundreds of tracks ❏ Radio - 1920’s started ❏ Two big commercial radio stations - WWJ (Detroit) and KDKA (Pittsburg) ❏ Has to be close to the station to hear the music/radio station, so it is limited to certain parts of the public (Example - you can be a big band in Phoenix, but people in Tucson won’t really know that band due to not being close to that radio station) ❏ National television/ABC (American Broadcasting Company) helps expand music ❏ Tin Pan Alley ❏ Street in Manhattan off of Broadway ❏ Majority of published songwriters and songwritings were located ❏ Got its name because so many pianos played on the streets that it sounded like Tin Pans ❏ These were professional songwriters ❏ Include people such as Urban Brulin ❏ Usually has a contrasting verse and chorus - got picked up by jazz artists (jazz artists would usually play just the chorus) ❏ To get their music out, they would find a popular artist/musician and ask them to play their song so it can go viral - once it goes viral, sheet music goes out to public for purchase ❏ They also try writing their own Broadway show, hoping shows will become popular (The King and I, Lady Be Good, etc) aka classic Broadway ❏ Other places ❏ Department stores would play their music to become popular ❏ Song Plugger ❏ Cause disturbances ❏ If sold a few copies of songs, still helped make money ❏ Sold sheet music ❏ Recorded music ❏ Piano roles ❏ American Jazz Music ❏ The Great American Song Book ❏ Slang term for music in this era ❏ 1930’s ❏ Big Ban Era - Piano, bass, guitar, singer, 3-5 trombone players ❏ Where rockstars began ❏ The singer would become famous or as famous as the Big Ban itself ❏ Example - Ben Crosby (“Swingin’ on a Star) - Urban Berlin wrote song, Ben Crosby sang song

❏ The Andrew Sisters ❏ Always in a three part harmony ❏ The Mills Brothers ❏ Tigers Rats ❏ Frank Sinatra ❏ Longest career in Jazz Music ❏ Started off with The Harry James band ❏ “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers” - one of his most important records ❏ Patty Page ❏ “How Much is that Doggie in the Window” ❏ Tennessee Waltz - big hit ❏ Other famous pop tunes ❏ Tony Bennett - incredible respected jazz vocalist ❏ Rosemary Clooney ❏ “Come On to My House” ❏ Nephew - George Clooney ❏ Multi-track Recordings - 1953 ❏ Nice microphone - conductor can add more violins, pianos, etc - works great when you have a conductor ❏ Beginning of Modern Recordings - 1953 ❏ Les Paul ❏ Gisbon made the guitar to play song ❏ Played a weekly gig in New York until he died at the age of 92 ❏ “How High the Moon” - one of their biggest hits...