I’m giving a talk next week in New Haven, CT. Stop by East Rock Brewing at 630 PM on Thursday, October 15 for a conversation about how several musical innovations led to surprising changes in how we listen.
From the Phonograph to TikTok: Five Revolutions That Changed Music
Sound Talks CT presents a conversation between Mark Tavern and Jillian Macdonald.
What do the phonograph, the jukebox, radio, MTV, and TikTok have in common? Each transformed not only how we listen to and discover music, but also how music is created, marketed, distributed, and turned into a business.
Join Jillian Macdonald for a conversation with University of New Haven professor Mark Tavern about five major turning points in music history. Together, they’ll explore how new technologies have repeatedly disrupted the music industry - changing which artists are heard, how audiences experience music, who controls its distribution, and who gets paid.
From listening to records at home and choosing a song on the jukebox to watching music videos on MTV and discovering an artist through a 15-second TikTok, we’ll trace the evolution of the music industry and consider what may be coming next.