Technology has always helped the music industry to evolve and scale. The ability to record and reproduce music is only a little over a century old… 1920 brought radio broadcast, 1930 saw the advent of electric guitars and keyboards, home recording (tape-to-reel) is only 62 years old, and the creation of MIDI technology in the 80′s changed music making forever.
Not to mention what happened when MP3s hit the internet in 1995.
In just the past decade, the advent of innovative, volatile and disruptive music technology continues and is accelerating – pushing the industry to accomodate a consumer base that is empowered, hyper-connected and always-on.
SoundCtrl has put together a timeline to demonstrate this massive growth of the music tech movement.
Check it out below (click for full resolution) and let us know what we’ve missed by tweeting @SoundCtrl.
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