The Evolution of Entertainment: A Historical Perspective (1900-1960)

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the entertainment industry's evolution from 1900 to 1960. It delves into the history of the music industry, tracing its development from early recorded music to the post-World War II advancements in communication technology and multi-track recording. The essay also examines the rise of the radio industry, highlighting its beginnings in the early 20th century and its subsequent impact. Furthermore, it explores the emergence of the television industry and its gradual adoption, the Australian entertainment scene, the history of Hollywood and film production, and the significant impact of events like Woodstock on the theatre and event industry. The essay also touches upon key figures and businesses that shaped the industry and concludes with a discussion of the internet's impact. The essay uses references to support its arguments, providing insights into the historical context and technological advancements that have shaped the entertainment landscape.

Entertainment since 1945. Choose from
1900 to 1960

Contents
History of music industry............................................................................................................1
History of radio industry..............................................................................................................1
History of TV industry.................................................................................................................1
The Australian entertainment industry........................................................................................2
History of film industry (Hollywood ).........................................................................................2
From Woodstock to The lion king (History Theatre and event industry)...................................2
Leading legends (notable industry players/ businesses / managers)...........................................2
History of internet........................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

With advancement in technology, there is different type of changes that has taken place
in relation with development in music. Since 1900 , there is different type of changes that has
taken place and all these have positively affected preferences of individuals. Main focus of the
essay is done determining the changes that has taken place in relation with entertainment
industry.
History of music industry
Music of Australia is a part of unique heritage that has about 40,000–60,000 year history.
There are different types of music that are played in this country. In this context, it includes
indigenous music, folk music, country music, children music, R&B and soul music, etc. It was
after the year 1857 when recorded music was started in which people were able to sit back that
their home and listened to music (Negus, 2011). Then after the Second World War, it vastly
improved the communication technology. However, for music there was improvements that were
required to be made for morse code in which a sound synthesiser was required to produce tone
were used by musicians in order to create their first polyphonic synthesisers that was attached to
a keyboard and this provided the opportunity to record multi-track recording. Further, all these
improved with time.
History of radio industry
It was after the year 1913 when radio industry actually began. In US, during the year
there were just 5 radio stations and by the end of 1940 there were about 765 of them. In the year
1919, Frank Conrad started broadcasting music in Pittsburgh ( Florida and Jackson, 2010).
Further, the use of crystal eliminated the requirement of battery or other electric source. With
increase in popularity of Conrad’s, it let to establish radio station in the year 1920.
History of TV industry
In the year 1909, the first demonstration of instantaneous transmission for the image was
done by A. Fournier and Georges Rignoux. The use of television slowly eliminated the
preference of radio. However, the type of economy that people possessed was low and the cost of
television was high. Due to this reason it took some years so that people can actually use of this
technology (Taylor, 2012). The rate of entertainment raised tremendously as people were able to
listen as well as see the content.
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The Australian entertainment industry
In the year 1906, Australian film actually started with the production of The Story of the
Kelly Gang. Since then, there are many number of films that are made or produced in Australia.
In 1880, Athanaeum Hall was considered to be the dance hall and with regular basis, there were
many programs conducted for entertainment (Bader and Scharenberg, 2010 ). From the year
1910 to 1920 was a boom period of Australian cinema as there were about 4 narrative films that
were released and then with the beginning of World War 1, it was an end to film making. About
150 narrative feature films were made between the years 1910 to 1912.
History of film industry (Hollywood )
Hollywood was a small community in the year 1870 and in 1903, it incorporated as a
municipality. Then during the year 1910 it consolidated with Los Angeles city and then
prominent film industry began. There are many number of development that took place in which
by the year 1900, it had hotel, newspaper, post office and two markets (Bader and Scharenberg,
2010). Motion picture was set up in 1912 and most of them were held by Thomas Edison’s
Motion Picture Patents Company. Further, in the year 1950s Hollywood Freeway was
constructed at the northeast corner of Hollywood. Official opening of Hollywood was done in
1960 and this provided the opportunity to people to view the process of shooting.
From Woodstock to The lion king (History Theatre and event industry)
Woodstock Music & Art Fair, was the music festival that was started in the year 1969 at
US. The event was so effective that it attracted more than 400000 audiences. There were about
32 acts that were performed outdoors in front of 400000 people (Taylor, 2012). It was considered
to be the pivotal moment in popular music history. With time, there are other theatres like Lion
King developed and this changed the view of pictures. People were able to change their view of
entertainment in which involvement of other aspects increases and created interest among
people.
Leading legends (notable industry players/ businesses / managers)
In music, there are many people who have changes the view of people towards music and
entertainment. It includes people like Michael Jackson who started just at the age of 5. Further,
there are Bee Gees, Beatles, etc. who provided people with different type of music and
entertained individuals (Florida and Jackson, 2010 ). For entertainment, there are many people
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who are involved in delivering people with variety of films, event, programs that make
individuals to think differently and to get variety of way through which perception changed.
History of internet
In the year 1950s the development of electronic computer began. There are many
improvements that were made so that better services can be delivered. Apart from this, it tool
many years so that people were actually able to understand the concept behind it ( Negus, 2011).
However, during the years 1990s internet revolutionised the impact of commerce, internet and
technology. People are now able to get all the information that they prefer to have. In the year
there were 1% of the people who communicated or used it. However, by the year 2000 about
51% of the people get involved and this percentage raised up to 97% by the year 2007. With
advancement in technology internet is now available to people on their electronic devices.
From this essay, it can be stated that there are many changes that has taken place in
relating with music and technology has helpful for the people to know more about music and to
make it reach around the globe.
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REFERENCES
Negus, K., 2011. Producing pop: Culture and conflict in the popular music industry. out of print.
Florida, R. and Jackson, S., 2010. Sonic city: The evolving economic geography of the music
industry. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 29(3), pp.310-321.
Taylor, T. D., 2012. The sounds of capitalism: Advertising, music, and the conquest of culture.
University of Chicago Press.
Bader, I. and Scharenberg, A., 2010. The sound of Berlin: Subculture and the global music
industry. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34(1), pp.76-91.
Weintraub, A. N., 2010. Dangdut stories: a social and musical history of Indonesia's most
popular music. Oxford University Press.
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