Theremin: History and Key Facts
The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (
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Record producer: History and Key Facts
A record producer or music producer is a music-creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.
Multitrack recording: History and Key Facts
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources reco
Motown: History and Key Facts
Motown is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group.
Roskilde Festival: History and Background
The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde.
Ska: History and Key Facts
Ska (; Jamaican Patois: skia, [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.
Drum machine: History and Key Facts
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns.
Synthesizer: History and Key Facts
A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
Sampling (music): History and Key Facts
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.
Audio mixing (recorded music): History and Key Facts
In sound recording and reproduction, audio mixing is the process of optimizing and combining multitrack recordings into a final mono, stereo or surround sound product.
Grunge: History and Key Facts
Grunge (originally known as the Seattle Sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the mid-1980s in the U.S.
Madchester: History and Key Facts
Madchester was a musical and cultural scene that emerged in the English city of Manchester during the late 1980s, closely associated with the indie dance movement.
Coachella: History and Background
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, often referred to simply as Coachella, is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, United States, in the
Afrobeat: History and Key Facts
Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Yoruba and Ghanaian (such as highlife) music with American funk, jazz, and soul influences.
Bossa nova: History and Key Facts
Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ) is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hammond organ: History and Key Facts
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M.
Mellotron: History and Key Facts
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963.
Mastering (audio): History and Key Facts
Mastering is a form of audio post-production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device called a master reco
Live Aid: History and Key Facts
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985.
Disco Demolition Night: History and Key Facts
Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot.
Lollapalooza: History and Background
Lollapalooza () is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park in Chicago.
Primavera Sound: History and Background
Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as Primavera) is an annual music festival held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, during late May and early June.
Synth-pop: History and Key Facts
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.
Shoegaze: History and Key Facts
Shoegaze (originally shoegazing and also known as dream rock) is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterised by ethereal soundscapes, obscured vocals, and extensive use of guitar effec
Turntablism: History and Key Facts
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes, and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipp
Digital audio workstation: History and Key Facts
A digital audio workstation (DAW ) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files.
Sitar: History and Key Facts
The sitar (English: or ; IAST: sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music.
Steelpan: History and Key Facts
The steelpan (also known as a pan or steel drum) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago.
CBGB: History and Key Facts
CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal and his ex-wife Karen Kristal at 315 Bowery in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City.
Rock Against Racism: History and Key Facts
Rock Against Racism (RAR) was a political and cultural movement which emerged in 1976 in reaction to a rise in racist attacks on the streets of the United Kingdom and increasing support for the f
Woodstock: History and Background
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 60 miles (95 km) southwe
Ambient music: History and Key Facts
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.
Portrait of grammar school kids at a Christmas choir event: Museum Object and Cultural History
Portrait of grammar school kids at a Christmas choir event: Date: 1970. Photograph by: Martha Olson, American. Type: gelatin silver prints.
Chromogenic print of Luis Rivera and his sister Jessica: Museum Object and Cultural History
Chromogenic print of Luis Rivera and his sister Jessica: Date: 2004. Photograph by: Akintola Hanif, American, born 1972. Subject of: Luis Rivera Jr., American, 1985 - 2005.
Black and red leather jacket worn by Kurtis Blow: Museum Object and Cultural History
Black and red leather jacket worn by Kurtis Blow: Date: 1981. Designed by: M. Julian, American, 1975 - 2000. Owned by: Kurtis Blow, American, born 1959.
Photographic postcard of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic postcard of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Date: ca. 1905. Published by: Breitkopf & Härtel, German, founded 1719. Subject of: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, British, 1875 - 1912.
Sweet Sisters #2: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sweet Sisters #2: Date: 2008. Created by: Kesha Bruce, American. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.
Untitled: Museum Object and Cultural History
Untitled: Date: 2010s. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: Unidentified.
Each Minute Seems a Million Years; You Must Walk the Line: Museum Object and Cultural History
Each Minute Seems a Million Years; You Must Walk the Line: recording date: 1944. recording date: 1945. release date: 1947.
If Your Love Like the Rose Should Die; Wreck of the No.9: Museum Object and Cultural History
If Your Love Like the Rose Should Die; Wreck of the No.9: recording date: 1927. recording artist: Dalhart, Vernon. recording artist: Robison, Carson.