Media 2305 Final--- Ashworth Questions with well explained answers

Compulsory License - owner of a song has the right to approve the first recording to be released to the public Mechanical Royalties - Synchronization License - US Home Audio Recording Act - imposes levies on digital audio recording devices and media in 1992 CBS records/Fender records - Altamont concert - Stones Music Fest at Altamont motor speedway outside SanFran and stones concert goes disastrously wrong Woodstock festival - In upstate NY Summer of 1969, becomes free, legendary woodstock generation is now the new youth movement in the US is described by the US press Alternative rock - Business as usual. Reckless phase in signing artists Def Jam Records - Founded by Rick Rubin Parlophone Records - Signed The Beatles Diamond Rio - 1st portable MP3 Ampex -Casablanca Records - Indie label founded Kiss--- novelty band, "I Wannna Rock N Roll All Night" Disco Music - lays groundwork for club scenes and DJs, Resurgant popularity in the 21st century Punk rock: 70s vs 90s - MTV - launched August 1981 by Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Company after extensive marketing research Apple Computers - AKAI MPC 60 - 1st sampling drum machines. Very popular late 70s and 80s Apple Records and Apple Corps, Ltd - Beatles set trend w/ record label, boutique, and arts collective. The Rolling Stones Independent record companies of the 90s - SST, Sub Pop, TVT, etc Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles 1st rock album to win Grammy for Album of the Year. Idea of thematically based album further with pseudonymous band, costumes, etc. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys least successful efforts it was an achievement "Pink Moon" - Nick Drake Hip hop - Singer-songwriter genre - single most commercially potent genre in the early to mid 20s.Heavy or "hair" metal - Rock comes back, late 80s version of heavy metal--- watered down led zep. Boy and girl bands - Napster - private peer to peer file sharing platform that went public--- sued by everyone Nick Drake - Signed to American ex patriate producer Joe Boyd and his label Witch Season. Album sells in low thousands and he dies of anti-depressant overdoes in 1974 at age of 26 Alan Lomax - Clyde Stubblefield - Funky Drummer OG recording and worked with James Brown Dr Dre - Gilbert O'Sullivan - First major hip hop sampling case between him and Biz Markie 1991. Alone Again (Naturally) Biz Markie - First major hip hop samping case between him and Gilbert O' Sullivan 1991. Forced to remove song from album. New York Dolls - De La Soul - Minor Threat - Public Enemy -NWA - Straight Outta Compton "**** the Police". FBI watch list, Gangsta rap is born DJ Kool Herc - creates first hip hop break at party in Bronx in August 11, 1973 Rick Rubin - Founds Def Jam records in his dorm room at NYU in 1983