20th CenturyWhile hearing of new artists back then wasn't too hard to do you would have to read the newspaper and hope that they had covered any new artists that have shown up in the music business. You would have to go around town listening to performances live in order to hear these people first hand.
20th Century accessibilyThe phonograph was your look to for music at the ready anytime, but the price of the phonograph was extreme so not too many lower class citizens owned one in their home, it was more likely to find one in an upper-class home. Even if the common home did own a phonograph the records you would have to buy weren't cheap costing 25 cents then, which is around 10 to 11 dollars now.
Music's Role in The 20th CenturyWhere music at the turn of the 20th century was more about fashion and creating cultures, there is a resemblance to the role of music in the turn of the 21st century. Where you had women's rights being brought up into you also had workers rights being argued over. Music helped to bring people together to form a binding between the same violation of rights.
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21st CenturyHere in the 21st century, if we wanted to hear what a new band sounded like, we would only have to type the bands name in to a search engine to find any of their material that is online. To get your band globally know is really still up to how much of an impact in the music business your music makes. But If someone wanted to learn about up and coming German bands, all it would take is a few clicks.
21st century AccessibilityWhen you compare the technology we have now to the technology that they had in the early 1900's we have come a long way. When you can go to many assorts of websites to stream music from all over the place time wise speaking there's a significant difference. Instead of having to buy a bulky vinly record you can buy a compact disk, or in a small rectangular prism you can hold an entire sheds worth of music and play each song with no effort.
Music's role in the 21st CenturyIn the 21st century the issues that music helped to resolve were in a similar boat. People acting out against same sex marriage and pollution in the world. Songs being written with lyrics rising against these negative ideas. Songs such as "Where is the love" by the Black Eyed Peas, spreads a message that we should all just get along with one another to better the world and environment that we are leaving for our children to grow up in and lead.
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