INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED MUSIC CREATION FOREVER

From synthesizers to DAWs or from CD players to smartphones, the landscape of music has changed and is very different from the days of your parents. So, this begs the question, how did we get here? The invention of these instruments played a major role in bringing us here.

- Akarsh Shekhar

Phonograph

Invented in 1877, the phonograph brought music into the living rooms of people across the world. Live music was only for the elite before that.

The phonograph was the first device that was able to reproduce recorded sound, even encouraging the rise in popularity of genres like jazz and blues.

Electric Guitar

Where would we be without the electric guitar? How many of your favourite songs include an electric guitar? Created in 1941 by Les Paul, this instrument changed the musical landscape forever. The electric guitar also ushered in the nastiest and most rebellious genre of popular music, rock n' roll.

Multitrack Recording

Something that is easily taken for granted, multitrack recording was like the introduction of the rocket to space travel in the realm of music. Though it is hard to imagine such a time because everything is digital now, musicians and sound engineers had to record a full track in just one take.