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TAMU MUSC 200 - Tin Pan Alley and the Birth of the Music Industry
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MUSC 200 1st Edition Lecture 1Outline of Last Lecture I. Received syllabus/no classOutline of Current Lecture II. Brief description of Rock in relation to TPAIII. Tin Pan Alley – what it is, location, name originsIV. Social Context of TPA in the 1890sa. Geography of NYCb. New technology V. Past Music Publishing Companies vs. TPAa. Music change from business to industryb. VaudevilleCurrent LectureRock: a reaction to mainstream popular music (Tin Pan Alley)- Produced by independent record companiesTin Pan Alley (TPA): group of publishing houses in New York City in the late 19th century and early 20th century- The physical location of Tin Pan Alley was on a stretch of 28th Street near Broadway- Rooms in brownstone houses were divided up into numerous small cubicles with a piano and a songwriter in each one- During the summer, it would get very hot so the songwriters would open the windows. But they didn’t want other songwriters hearing the song they were working on and stealing it, so they would muffle the piano by weaving cloth in between the strings. From outside, it was said to sound like a thousand people banging on tin pans,hence the name.1890s: music was changing from a business to an industry as the United States was changing from agriculture to primarily urban/industrial- Growth in the urban middle class and working class (white and blue collar workers)- New York City was emerging as a financial capitalThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Quick Geography: South NYC was the business area and North NYC was primarily empty fields at this time, Mid NYC had brownstone houses where everyone lived. As North NYC was developed, wealthier people moved up there and that’s when TPA moved in to take over some of the brownstone houses.- Technological changes and growtho Recordings, radio, moviesPast Music Publishing Companies vs. TPA- Past: spread all around the country, published anything to make money (from opera tofolk, etc.), music was a business, not an industry- TPA: centralized in NYC, specialized in one style of musico Style: piano arrangements of popular songs Hired songwriters to write in that styleo Song pluggers – market and push songso Focused on selling printed music Why: a “proper” family had a piano or a reed organ (piano-like instrument, but cheaper) and the mother would play while her children would singo TPA changed music from a business to an industry by not only publishing and producing, but also marketing, manipulating the legal system, and making deals with other sectors of the entertainment business  Music Marketing: write songs that are appealing to a specific audience- This sometimes ends up creating the audience they want- Industry creates new needs as well as fulfilling current ones Songs were marketed towards the woman of the home as music making was considered a woman’s industry- Result of this: many sentimental, cheerful, and romantic “G” rated songs with nothing temperamental Manipulating the legal system: pushed Congress to create and revise copyright laws to maximize their profits Making deals- Vaudeville: variety shows (kind of like a modern day talent show), working class audience- TPA would pay singers and booking agents to get their songs into Vaudeville- TPA used Vaudeville to get their songs out to a larger


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