History of Rock and R&B

Recording Technology

• Recording Technology History (Steven Schoenherr)
• History of Sound Recording Technology
• Early Recorded Sound (tinfoil.com); Early recording sessions
• Cylinder recordings: A Primer (UCSB)
• Oldest sound recording; (Update)
  
• Sound Basics
• Ampex tape recorder virtual museum photos (see Model 200-A 2-track head block, and Model MM-1200 24-track headstack and top view)
• Recording mixers
• Online audio engineering course
• Virtual Drum Machine
• Virtual Drum Set
• Virtual Drum Set (with programming)
• Vintage Synth Explorer

Misc.

• Apple itunes, ipod, and iphone timeline

Copyright

• US Copyright Office
• Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights (US govt.)
• ASCAP and BMI
• Harry Fox Agency (info on royalty rates, mechanical licenses, etc.)
• Teaching Copyright (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
• A Brief History of Copyright
• The Music Copyright Enforcers (NYT article on BMI)
  
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video (video from Center for Social Media)
• Recut, Reframe, Recycle (video from Center for Social Media)
• Mechanical licenses, record royalties (from Get It in Writing, Brian McPherson, 1999)
• UW list of links
• Copyright Criminals (PBS documentary website)
• Copyright registration examples in hip hop
  • “Rapper’s Delight” (BMI)
  • “Fight the Power” (BMI); list of “Fight the Power” samples
  • “Can I Live”: ASCAP (search Carter Shawn under writers or Jay-Z under performers); BMI (producer Lorenzo Irving ["Irv Gotti"] Domingo); the sample

Copyright infringement

• Landmark cover version decision (Supreme Records v. Decca, 1950)
• “He’s so fine” vs. George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord”
• Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again (Naturally)” vs. Bix Markie’s “Alone Again”
• List of cases from USC Gould School of Law
• Linda Shider (widow of P-Funk guitarist Garry Shider) vs. Bridgeport Music
• Chuck D. settles suit over  Notorious B.I.G.’s “10 Crack Commandments” on his album Life After Death
  •  (the samples from whosampled.com)
  • Chuck D later explains (and more on Elvis);
  • ASCAP writers credits (search ten crack commandments);
  • DJ Premier’s comments on the lawsuit (XXL 12/15/2010, pages 3-4);
  • album sales figures at riaa.org (search notorious b.i.g.)
• Unauthorized Beatles samples;   Wu Tang Clan and “The Heart Gently Weeps“  (the song)
• Sir Mix-a-lot, “Baby Got Back“; Jonathan Couton’s cover of “Baby Got Back“; Glee version; analysis of the legalities