Annotated Bibliography

Aitken, Hugh. (1985) The Continuous Wave: Technology and American Radio, 1900-1932. NJ: Princeton University Press.

This reference provides the early history of radio, from the very beginning of the industry to 1932. The book provides fundamental understanding of how technology influences the rise of the industry, the impact of the society and also other related businesses, which includes the record industry. The book provides enough information on how did radio stations impact the record industry during the Great Depression.

Avalon, M. (2006). Confessions of a Record Producer: How to Survive the Scams and Shams of the Music Business (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Backbeat Books.

This book introduces the ecosystem of the record industry. How the label deal works from various points of view, including the artists’, producers’ and the major label’s points of view. It also provides some myths and untruths about the label companies and how will it be changed. Thus, this is a great reference to see the current problems of the record industry.

Burkart, P., & McCourt, T. (2006). Digital Music Wars. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, inc.

This reference is mostly about the problem of the ownership, copyright and control of the music products. It examines the problem from the past, present and the future point of view. It also probes into the current issues of record industry and some advices.

Chmielewski , D. C. (2008, December 31). Digital music downloads set record but fail to make up for decline in CD sales. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 20, 2009 from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-music1-2009jan01,0,3414614.story

This newspaper article mentions the current compact disc sales and some other related data, which provides the facts of the record industry in recent years. Accordingly, it is a suitable reference to exam the present situation of record industry.

Christensen, C. M., Anthony, S. D., & Roth, E. A. (2004). Seeing what’s next: using the theories of innovation to predict industry change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

This reference is the theory basis of this research. It provides innovation models and adopts these models to exam the booms and recessions of businesses in various industries. The models is adopted in this research to clarify why and how the record industry evolves into current situation.

Daniel, E. D., Mee, C. D., & Clark, M. H. (1999). Magnetic recording : the first 100 years. NY: IEEE Press.

Magnetic recording technology is a mile stone of record industry. It changes the way music product is produced for good and also influences the society trends indirectly. This reference provides a thorough view of this technology form the historical view and its application in various industries. In this research, the reference is widely adopted.

Gelatt, Roland. (1977). The fabulous phonograph, 1877-1977. London: Cassell.

Phonograph is the first recording machine that ever mass produced and becomes an irreplaceable part in human history. This reference provides the detailed history of phonograph, which is an important reference of the record industry’s past.

Gomery, Douglas. (2005). The Coming of Sound: a History. NY: Routledge.

The book discusses how silent movies became talkies in early years. In the book, it mentions how did record industry helped the movie industry overcame the technical problems of combining sounds into motion pictures and how did record industry benefited from it.

Holmes, R., & Davis, G. H. (2001). MP3 Complete. San Francisco: Sybex Inc.

This reference introduces the complete concept of MP3, including the related technologies and accessories. The Digital Audio Player (DAP) is also introduced here, which is a notable innovation in the history of record industry.

Hull, G. P. (2004). The Recording Industry (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.

The reference helps readers to understand the recording industry and the most frighten truth of music copyright. The function and problems of publishing, marketing and retiling of music are also examined in the book. The present and future problems of the record industry are discussed here.

Hutchison, T., Macy, A., & Allen, P. (2006). Record Label Marketing. Burlington: Focal Press.

Examining the whole record industry by the marketing point of view is the main feature of this reference. The whole ecosystem and the structure of the record businesses are illustrated here. After the basic understanding of the record business, the book provides suggestions of marketing methods, which is a ideal reference to see what may be a better way for record businesses to gain profits.

Katz, M. (2004). Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley: University of California Press.

The author of this book explores how recording technology has encouraged new ways of listening to music, led artistes to change the way they perform their music works, and allowed new musical genres to come into existence. It also provides historical review of the music industry, form phonograph to the Internet.

Leonhard, G. (2005). The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution. Boston: Berklee Press.

This is a source that looks at the impact of the digital revolution on the music business. It believes the music is widely spread than ever due to the digital revolution, but the CDs and retails stores will disappear soon. This book provides the analysis of the current situation of the record industry and makes reasonable predictions.

Li, C., & Bernoff, J. (2008). Groundswell. Boston: Forrester Research, Inc.

Although, this reference is not direct connected to the record industry, it is a reference that describes the power of people on the social networks and the computer mediated communication. The record industry is facing the problems caused by illegal MP3 distribution, which are directly or indirectly influenced by the groundswell. Thus, the reference may be notable to this research.

Millard, Andre. (2005). America on record: a history of recorded sound. New York: Cambridge University Press.

This is another book, which examines the record industry from the past, present and the future. The source looks into the history of the record industry as well as the cultural impact of the industry. This book provides a more in-detailed view of the record industry.

Morton, David. (2006). Sound recording: the life story of a technology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

The source puts importance on the evolution of recording technology. It introduces the technology since the phonograph until the Internet, including some crucial developments of the record industry. Problems that record industry faced in the history and how did it overcome all the problems until today.

Read, O., & Welch, W. L. (1976). From tin foil to stereo: evolution of the phonograph. Indianapolis: H.W. Sams.

This reference is specifically focus on the technology of phonograph, the beginning of it and its evolution. It provides a complete view of the history of phonograph and a useful reference to examine the very beginning of the recording technology.

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations. New York: Free Press.

Roger provides a five-step model of the diffusion of innovations. In his book, he also looks into the history of diffusion research and a lot of case studies. The consequences of innovations is another focus, which provides a thoughtful method to evaluate the importance of record industry and to predict its’ future.

IBISWorld. (2008, June 19.) The Tables Have Turned: Rock Stars – Not Record Labels – Cashing In On Digital Revolution. Retrieved February 20, 2009 from http://www.ibisworld.com/pressrelease/pressrelease.aspx?prid=127

The source provides an innovative view of the relationship between the artists and the record labels. It considers the digital revolution will eventually eliminate the record labels. This is a reference that provides a well-thought evaluation to see the future of the record industry.

Wile, Frederic William. (1974) Emile Berliner: Maker of the Microphone. New York: Arno Press.

The reference introduces the inventor of gramophone, the overall life of Emile and his inventions. In the book, the innovation process of gramophone is provided. The competition between Emile’s invention and phonograph is also illustrated in the book. Accordingly, this reference is highly related to the past of the record industry.

Winston, B. (1998). Media technology and society: a history from the telegraph to the Internet. New York: Routledge.

Winston researches the history of communication and information technologies, he argues that the evolution of communication technology is due to the achievement of social necessity. If the technology meets the needs of social necessity, it will thrive. Otherwise, the technology would face certain suppression and failed to serve the human needs. Since the record industry is a part of communication related industry, this reference may be a guide to this research.