Deck 9: Sound Recording

Question 1

MP3 players and downloadable music are notable because they:

A)created a whole new cottage industry of over 200 accessories
B)sales of physical CDs have decreased 80% since 007
C)introduced a new business model
D)have given rise to an ever increasing number of single song sales.
E)all of these

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following best fits into the talent segment of the recording industry?

A)audio engineers
B)promoters
C)rack jobbers
D)musicians
E)packagers

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Rock music became part of the counterculture in

A)late 50s-early 60s
B)late 60s-early 70s
C)late 70s-early 80s
D)late 80s-early 90s
E)late 90s-early 00s

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following types of retailers is increasingly important to the recording industry?

A)big chains (Sam Goody)
B)mass merchandisers (Wal-Mart)
C)bookstores (Borders)
D)local independent record stores
E)record clubs

Question 5

Detailed research into the audiences for recorded music:

A)is even more important than for other media
B)is not typically undertaken
C)factors into decisions about what artists to sign,but not when recordings should be released
D)reveals that the youth audience spends significantly more on music than do people over 30
E)shows that males purchase about three times as much music as females do

Question 6

A&R people are most closely associated with the ________ segment of the recording industry.

A)talent
B)production
C)distribution
D)retail
E)management

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a defining feature of the recording industry?

A)it is a cultural force
B)it is an international enterprise
C)it has been the center of social controversy
D)it has never been interested in the counter-culture
E)it is a unique blend of business and talent

Question 8

The gramophone recorded onto a disk; its predecessor (the graphophone)recorded onto a:

A)paper wheel
B)cylinder
C)nickelodeon
D)plastic tube
E)clay rod

Question 9

Which of these is not one of the six main outlets for music distribution?

A)direct retail
B)rack jobbers
C)one-stops
D)independent distributers
E)direct download

Question 10

Thomas Edison,the inventor of the phonograph,thought it would be useful as a dictation machine.

Question 11

Touring arrangements are made by a record company's ________ department.

A)A&R
B)artist development
C)business
D)advertising and merchandising
E)field activity

Question 12

By 1960,record companies wanted to clean up rock's image

A)which had been hurt when Elvis joined the Army
B)even though Payola hadn't done any harm
C)but couldn't find any musicians that would fit the desired new image
D)because rock had so much money-making potential
E)because the RIAA code didn't allow indecency

Question 13

__________ provide(s)the key source of feedback to the music industry.

A)Billboard magazine
B)Radio & Recording Weekly
C)focus group interviews
D)Tuesday Morning Magazine
E)surveys in both small and large markets

Question 14

The Great Depression had a severe impact on the recording industry,but thanks to the ______,the industry again became profitable.

A)jukebox
B)merger of RCA and Columbia
C)sale of sheet music
D)popularity of dance competitions
E)evolution of jazz

Question 15

By World War I,record players were commonplace and the recording industry enjoyed a boom period that lasted until:

A)radio gained popularity
B)the Jazz Age
C)the Great Depression
D)World War II
E)the mid 1960s

Question 16

Recording different instruments and singers separately is possible due to:

A)advances in duplication technology
B)the producer's creative input
C)overdubbing and equalization
D)multitrack recording
E)digital recording

Question 17

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 _________.

A)jukebox
B)cylindrical recorder
C)Berliner
D)nickelodeon
E)penny gramophone

Question 18

Which of the following is true?

A)The percent of the money spent on prerecorded music is evenly divided between males and females
B)Spending by teens 19 and under on prerecording music declined
C)People over 30 account for the majority of money spent on prerecorded music
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 19

Profits for the recording industry have decreased since 2000,in part due to:

A)illegal file sharing
B)changes in copyright laws
C)higher prices for CDs
D)the continued popularity of the cassette format
E)all of these

Question 20

One-stops are most closely associated with the ________ segment of the recording industry.

A)talent
B)production
C)distribution
D)retail
E)management

Question 21

The Billboard charts are the recording industry's most significant source of feedback.

Question 22

The decline in CD sales has made rack jobbers more influential.

Question 23

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?

Question 24

Heavy metal music emerged as rock became part of the counterculture.

Question 25

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?

Question 26

TV's rising popularity affected radio,but not the recording industry.

Question 27

The dawn of the 60s brought a new clean-cut breed of rock star,thanks to American record companies' desires to increase profits.

Question 28

Rock music has roots in several musical genres,including rhythm and blues.

Question 29

Although some American recording artists were prominent during the 1960s,the music scene became dominated by the "British Invasion."

Question 30

Increased revenue from digital sales of music offsets lost revenue from the decline of CD sales.

Question 31

In the recording industry,the distribution department is responsible for getting music played on radio stations.

Question 32

Sales of CD albums have been slowly declining from 2007 to 2010.

Question 33

Ownership in the recording industry is less concentrated than any other media industry.

Question 34

The music industry can be divided into three main segments: production,distribution,and consumption.

Question 35

The Sony Walkman was the first device that enabled consumers to easily take their recorded music with them.

Question 36

When radio began to gain popularity,sales of records and record players skyrocketed.