Video Killed The Radio Star

Video Killed The Radio Star

The music industry has changed drastically throughout the years, before the radio came out people didn't have many ways of listening to music, they had to go either to the store buy the records or go to the actual concert to watch them live, but when the radio came out only people who had music could actually buy it because back then it was luxury and not many people could buy it.

And different from back then, now a days we have so many ways of listening to music because it is everywhere, in adverts, movies, television, video games, people playing inside train station, you can go to iTunes and and download digital copies and music videos legally or going to music shops and buying Cd's but there is also so many ways of download music illegally now a days when back then the only way they had to download illegal music was through Napster when it came out in 1999 but it shutdown in 2001.

But the music industry wasn't the only things that has changed, the music business and technology too. the music industry has changed so much because now, they make so much easier for us to hear new songs of all genres and countries. 

Back then people were worrying more about how the music sounded and making sure it sounded good than exposing it.

in 1877 was invited the Phonograph by Thomas Edison and after his invention that's when it all started out and what I mean by that is, before people couldn't listen to music if they weren't on place where the band/artist was performing but after the Phonograph being invented people started listening to music through a was cylinder, they just put the was cylinder in the phonograph and sound would come out from it but the only problem with the Phonograph was the price of it and not everyone back then could afford it, only the people with a good life style, people with money.

The first instrument where you could actually recording things was wax cylinder which came out after the phonograph being released. The bad thing about the was cylinder is that you couldn't listen to the record too many times or it would melts because it was made of wax.

The first website Napster that was created in 1999, was the first website where people around the world
could listen to songs, share it and download for free but the bad thing about this website is that it wasn't legal because people was listening to music and downloading it for free which is illegal and because of that, the court and shutdown Napster completely.
But now a days, there are so many legal ways where you can listen to music for free without having to pay, for example youtube, bandcamp, soundcloud, etc but there are also so many illegal websites where you can not just listen but also download music for free or convert videos to mp3 etc.
Now a days, the most used and popular legal website to download music is iTunes, and it came out in 2001 by Apple.

Apple did not just created a legal way of download music through the portable music player iTunes, it also created the first iPod months after iTunes being released and with the iPod you could finally listen to digital music and not having to bring a bunch of Cd's, tapes etc with you everywhere because all your music would be in the iPod. 
But Apple wasn't the only one creating portable media players, Sony and Samsung and many other brands also made their version of the iPod with different looks which is called Mp3 player and it does the same things as the iPod.

They way we listen to music now has changed so much from how people used to listen to music back, the technology has created so many advanced products and different way of listening to music. It all started with the Phonograph in 1877 but not everyone could buy it because of how expensive it was, the from Phonograph to radio which was cheaper and people could afford to buy it, then from Walkman (CD player) to iPods and Mp3 players. There are so many question of what is coming, what the technology is bring for us next.

The Joy Of Disco

The Joy Of Disco

Disco

In the United States, Disco wasn't really accepted or taken seriously because it brought every gays,

lesbians, bisexuals and Africans together. It was not easy for these people back then when Disco came up because it was seen from the society as a mental illness. In their heads, people who liked disco weren't right in the head so they discriminated and judged them.

Disco came up in the 70's after the stonewall riots and Americans, Latinos, Africans and the LGBT community were the only ones back then that enjoyed Disco and they are the reason why Disco got so much fan based/popularity. Most of the underground clubs in American were all about Disco, people didn't care if the space were small. Because of its
energetic atmosphere and funky/groovy dance floor people fell in love with it and also because that was the only thing people who weren't treated equally could all relate to without worrying and enjoy themselves.
Disco music is also the reason why gay, lesbians and bisexuals have the freedom they have today, not having to worry about going to jail or not for enjoying it.

The reason why the stonewall riots happened is because homosexual people had enough of being treated like nothing, having no right to speak to defend themselves. being discriminated because they liked someone from the same sex and having to worry about going to jail or not, because if you were seen dancing with someone from the same sex would be put in jail.

the Gay community had a local underground club that was owned by Mafia who provided drugs, alcoholic drinks, and freedom for the homosexuals and black people to be who they are without worrying about people judging them.

The stonewall riots brought up Gay and Lesbians,  Transsexuals and Drag queens all in one place to fight for their freedom and equality. It happened in June 28th, 1969 in New York.

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Music & Society - Censorship In Music (Iran)

Censorship In Music

Different from the law in the UK, places in the Middle East such as Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan etc don’t have the freedom the people in the UK have. The level of censorship in these countries are very high, for example, they can’t play western music or listen to it but there are some people in Iran that listen to it anyway but it needs to be in their private cars, or if they have copied tapes or Cd’s or through the Internet but they need to hack to have access to it. 

In Iran they have their own Internet, and they don’t have access to search for anything or access social medias such as Facebook, Twitter, and some other social media like we do and they even have their own websites where they can check their emails and also websites like YouTube where allow them to watch videos. Because of that, they don’t really know what is going on in the outside world

The reason why they don’t have that freedom is because the government running religious law. They are the ones who controls how their Internet and websites are and what use on it or not, and everything needs to be about Iran. 

Like I’ve mention before, if they want to have the same access we have to the normal version of the websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc they need to hack, but if they get caught hacking to check those websites they will be sent straight to jail with no trial.

It wasn't always like this in Iran. Before the revolution in 1979, the Iranian people had the freedom we have for anything, to listen to any style of music at anytime and anywhere, they have the same access to the normal websites as we do. They could do all of that without worrying about the government or being sent to jail for doing stuff like this.

The Censorship is not all about what websites they can access and what they can watch or not, music in general is very effected in Iran. And all begun after the Revolution because since then Western music has been banned in Iran. Again, for them to have access to Western music they will have to hack into the Internet so they can download the album of the artist they like otherwise they won't know any music out there except from Elton John or Queen and that's because of the Iranian strict law on censorship. 
Because the government runs religious laws, the only style of music allowed to be played around Iran at any time and anywhere is religious music.

While the level of Censorship in Iran is very high, not allowing them to watch what they want, or to listen to the music they want, in the UK we are freely allowed to do anything. On the Internet you have access to any website to listen to music, to watch movies, to have social media to communicate with other, or to websites to know what is going on around the world. 
With music we can do anything, we can download the songs or albums you want from the Internet and will take us about 5 minutes, we don't to hack. If we want to play music with friends you can get your instruments and play in your house, in the park, in your garage and you won't be sent to jail doing that. You don't need to be listening to religious music if you don't like, nothing will happen to you.
if you want to buy any instrument, then you just need to go to any music shop in the UK and buy the instruments you want but in Iran is not like that, there are no places where you can find instruments such as guitars, bass, drums, pianos, keyboards etc for sale.