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Ryan Henderson Professor Johnson From The Phonograph to the Autotune Cylinder Report 2/8/15 Title of Recording: Crazy Blues Artist: Noble Sissle UCSB Cylinder Number: 9806 “Crazy Blues” by Noble Sissle is a cover of the song originally written by Perry Bradford. This timeless piece of history was first recorded on August 10th, 1920 by Mamie Smith and later released on as a vinyl record by Okeh Records.3 Smith’s version of the song was wildly successful, selling 75,000 copies in the first month

After Thomas Edison's successful invention of the stock printer, he learned that the market forces are important for engineering inventors. He then learned from his mistake, not knowing much about that specific market, and ended up creating a few of his best inventions. As time passed and Edison had more practice with inventions, he made more and more inventions that deeply impacted the world. Edison was able to look at the world and see what it flaws, what is missing from the world, and find an

Impact of Technology on Society It goes without saying that Thomas Edison has been among the most impactful human beings to have ever walked the earth. Thomas Edison is responsible for pushing society into a new technological era thanks to his numerous inventions. I will briefly explain the life of Thomas Edison, the use and how he came upon all of his inventions and finally how it lead to the technological advancements that we see to this very day. This will lead to a better understanding of who

record sounds on round cylinders was a good idea except for the sound quality and general effort that was required to make and replicate sound. The Phonograph was one of the earliest attempts at recording devices. Thomas A. Edison wanted to create this device in order to assist with business interactions. He originally used foil to record sounds, but this wasn't the best medium. You could only play sounds once and the quality wasn’t the greatest. This is when wax cylinders came into play. It was

work to help innovates and experiment towards a better future, and help engineer a better tomorrow. Furthermore, Thomas Edison is a great inventor because of his many amazing inventions and how the still apply to our lives today. For example, his phonograph and carbon microphone built the basis for audio recorders for music and audio for movies. Edison’s motion picture camera is used throughout the world today for filming movies and television shows and a variety of other things. Edison’s dedication

So we all know Thomas Edison, but we didn’t really know what he did for us. So you ask yourself who is Thomas Edison, well he was an inventor and he was well known for it. Was he the greatest inventor of all time? He made the phonograph. Also he made one of the greatest invention and it was the light bulb, but you ask , How did he invent light. What was his childhood like? what was his education like? what inventions did he make? Did he get married? Did he have kids?

Playing time of a record is dependent on the speeds a turntable is able to play and the groove spacing on the disc. The first phonographs were only able to play as little as 2 minutes of recording per side. In the process of attempting to lengthen the amount of recording time a record held, it was discovered that it was achievable by changing the RPM of a record. Understanding RPM

Have you ever been to a really scary horror movie, you know the kind that has you jumping out of your skin at any strange sound? Once you get home don’t you race up to your bedroom and turn on all the lights there and in the bathroom then you let out a sigh of relief. At this point you can take a shower and get ready for bed. When you’re ready to go to sleep you turn off your lights and reach up to turn on your rather cool Star Wars night light that dimly lights up your room and one in your bathroom

Music can be observed as one of the oldest pieces of art and entertainment. The industry is evolving at a hasty rate, with all thanks to the exponential growth of technology. Trends have come and gone over time since media productions are compelled to accompany these changes in technology in order to keep profit. With these advancements, the experience for the music industry and the user has terrifically changed. In this essay, I argue that there has been a drastic evolution in how the way music

and in 1877 he applied for a patent on a carbon telephone transmitter that led to a commercial telephone and later radio broadcasting. Considered his most original invention, the phonograph was patented in 1878. Edison sketched out this new and different idea he had, handed it to two men who worked in his shop, John Kuresi and Charles Batchelor, and they made the machine