Evolution Of Music Industry

Evolution of the Music Industry

The music industry became an industry when the radio was commercially available in the 1930’s.  The main genre of music broadcasted was jazz and blues. Although the gramophone was available before this, it was not commercially available, like the radio was. After the radio broadcasts, a lot more genres started evolving. From the radio to the late 60’s and early 70’s, the record player was the next major movement in the industry as more young people started buying records. Even though the record player was still popular and bands were producing mainly records, people also started watching shows like Top of the Pops, where BBC used convergence to bring music into their broadcasting sector. The availability of the show was made by BBC’s broadcasting power and therefore the industry grew. This led to more genres and music videos were the next height of music within TV. Also at this time music was becoming more portable and therefore more available, which also increased the size of the industry. Inventions like the MP3 player were now popular and allowed a range of genres to be listened to on the go. This meant a large variety of people, who listened to a large range of different genres could now each listen to their own music. This led to more genres being created and the size of the music industry rapidly rowing.