In the hundreds of radio stations went off the air because they couldn't afford to pay for the rights to broadcast recorded music. True Competition from TV in the 1950s helped the radio and recording industries become allies. True Blues music originated in the urban taverns of Southern California. False Many black songwriters and performers in the 1950s saw their music covered by white artists, who often had bigger commercial hits with the same song. True Payola is the illegal practice of record promoters paying deejays to play certain songs on the air. True British rock-and-roll groups such as the Beatles drew much of their inspiration from black artists. True Motown Records attracted a young, white audience primarily by emphasizing romance and dance over rebellion and politics. True Folk is considered a more democratic and participatory form of music. True Punk rock emerged in the 1970s partly to protest the commercialism of the recording industry. True Because they are smaller, independent record companies are reluctant to invest in commercially unproven artists. False Independent labels produce only about 2 percent of all recordings. False Most of the money earned from the sale of a CD goes for the royalties paid to the artist. False Unsigned music artists can now build online communities of fans around their personal Web sites, drawing attention to their music. True Royalties represent the most profitable area of the recording industry today. True Chapter 4 Multiple Choice – A difference between sound recordings made by Emile Berliner and those made by Thomas Edison was that ______. Edison used cylinders to record the music, while Berliner moved to using flat discs because they were more durable and could be mass produced with labels The biggest seller of recorded music in the United States is ______ . iTunes
In the hundreds of radio stations went off the air because they couldn't afford to pay for the rights to broadcast recorded music. True Competition from TV in the 1950s helped the radio and recording industries become allies. True Blues music originated in the urban taverns of Southern California. False Many black songwriters and performers in the 1950s saw their music covered by white artists, who often had bigger commercial hits with the same song. True Payola is the illegal practice of record promoters paying deejays to play certain songs on the air. True British rock-and-roll groups such as the Beatles drew much of their inspiration from black artists. True Motown Records attracted a young, white audience primarily by emphasizing romance and dance over rebellion and politics. True Folk is considered a more democratic and participatory form of music. True Punk rock emerged in the 1970s partly to protest the commercialism of the recording industry. True Because they are smaller, independent record companies are reluctant to invest in commercially unproven artists. False Independent labels produce only about 2 percent of all recordings. False Most of the money earned from the sale of a CD goes for the royalties paid to the artist. False Unsigned music artists can now build online communities of fans around their personal Web sites, drawing attention to their music. True Royalties represent the most profitable area of the recording industry today. True Chapter 4 – Multiple Choice A difference between sound recordings made by Emile Berliner and those made by Thomas Edison was that ______. Edison used cylinders to record the music, while Berliner moved to using flat discs because they were more durable and could be mass produced with labels The biggest seller of recorded music in the United States is ______ . iTunes
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