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Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

Season 1 Episode 8: I Am My Music

Vinyl record, cassette tape, CD, and MP3; each generation has had its own type of music media. The format used for listening determines how and where we listen, as well as the manner in which we collect, store, and share the music we love.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Art of Recording

1. The Art of Recording

Aired: Nov 14, 2016

Looks at how the record producer realizes an artist's vision and captures it ...

Episode 2 Painting with Sound

2. Painting with Sound

Aired: Nov 15, 2016

Explores how the recording studio itself became an instrument. From the adven...

Episode 3 The Human Instrument

3. The Human Instrument

Aired: Nov 16, 2016

The vocal track is one of the most fundamental parts of a song but it can be ...

Episode 4 Going Electric

4. Going Electric

Aired: Nov 17, 2016

Tells the story of how electricity has been harnessed and channeled to create...

Episode 5 Four on the Floor

5. Four on the Floor

Aired: Nov 18, 2016

If vocals are the heart of a song, the rhythm track, the beat, is its body; t...

Episode 6 The World Is Yours

6. The World Is Yours

Aired: Nov 21, 2016

This show looks at how the technique of sampling, using bits of recorded soun...

Episode 7 Sound and Vision

7. Sound and Vision

Aired: Nov 22, 2016

Chronicles how the music industry was overhauled when MTV forged an inextrica...

Episode 8 I Am My Music

8. I Am My Music

Aired: Nov 23, 2016

Vinyl record, cassette tape, CD, and MP3; each generation has had its own typ...

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Main Cast

Dermot MulroneyNarrator

Appearances

Afrika Bambaataa

Rudy Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder

Creators

Maro Chermayeff

Maro ChermayeffDirector

Jeff Dupre

Jeff DupreDirector

James Manera

James ManeraDirector

Info about Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary, Music, History

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