1. The gramophone recorded onto a disk; its predecessor (the graphophone) recorded onto a:
2. At the dawn of the 1900s, visitors to penny arcades and amusement parks could pay five cents and listen to a
brief recording through a machine called a _________.
3. By World War I, record players were commonplace and the recording industry enjoyed a boom period that
lasted until:
4. The Great Depression had a severe impact on the recording industry, but thanks to the ______, the industry
again became profitable.
5. By 1960, record companies wanted to clean up rock’s image
6. Rock music became part of the counterculture in
7. MP3 players and downloadable music are notable because they:
8. Which of the following is NOT a defining feature of the recording industry?
9. Which of the following best fits into the talent segment of the recording industry?
10. Which of these is not one of the six main outlets for music distribution?
11. One-stops are most closely associated with the ________ segment of the recording industry.
12. Which of the following types of retailers is increasingly important to the recording industry?
13. A&R people are most closely associated with the ________ segment of the recording industry.
14. Touring arrangements are made by a record company’s ________ department.
15. Recording different instruments and singers separately is possible due to:
16. Profits for the recording industry have decreased since 2000, in part due to:
17. __________ provide(s) the key source of feedback to the music industry.
18. Detailed research into the audiences for recorded music:
19. Which of the following is true?
20. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, thought it would be useful as a dictation machine.
21. When radio began to gain popularity, sales of records and record players skyrocketed.
22. TV’s rising popularity affected radio, but not the recording industry.
23. Rock music has roots in several musical genres, including rhythm and blues.
24. The dawn of the 60s brought a new clean-cut breed of rock star, thanks to American record companies’
desires to increase profits.
25. Although some American recording artists were prominent during the 1960s, the music scene became
dominated by the “British Invasion.”
26. Heavy metal music emerged as rock became part of the counterculture.
27. Sales of CD albums have been slowly declining from 2007 to 2010.
28. The Sony Walkman was the first device that enabled consumers to easily take their recorded music with
them.
29. The music industry can be divided into three main segments: production, distribution, and consumption.
30. The decline in CD sales has made rack jobbers more influential.
31. Ownership in the recording industry is less concentrated than any other media industry.
32. In the recording industry, the distribution department is responsible for getting music played on radio
stations.
33. Increased revenue from digital sales of music offsets lost revenue from the decline of CD sales.
34. The Billboard charts are the recording industry’s most significant source of feedback.
35. Thomas Edison thought his 1877 invention of the phonograph was best suited for the recording of the
spoken work. Although music because it’s primarily content, what business innovations have the industry
developed to fulfill using the invention primarily for the spoken word?
36. The Peas, U2, Sting, Tim McGraw, Pearl Jam and Bob Dylan are among the artists who have gone
commercial and endorsed products. What artist and product-endorsement surprised you the most? Which did
you find the best fit?
