his course is offered through the Department of Music at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

The Introduction to the Music Industry course MUS 2713 presents a survey of recording innovations from notation to musical boxes and sound recordings that have influenced the preservation, creation, and dissemination of popular music. Includes contributions by the popular performers and significant inventors. The course covers technology convergence and displacement, and the role of broadcasting in disseminating hit records throughout history. Students will discover how technology influenced the making of creative art and how music, in recording and performance, responded to each of the technology changes. Designed for students interested in the history of preservation of music in any form and its impact on culture and society. No prerequisite and no previous musical background is required. May be applied toward the Core Curriculum requirement in Creative Arts. Offered in the Fall Only.

This Blog is made possible thanks to a generous OER  (Open Educational Resources) grant. Thus, this course is part of UTSA Libraries’ OER initiative, a collaboration between Dr. Stan Renard and UTSA Libraries to encourage faculty adoption of free and low-cost instructional materials into courses. Music Librarian William Glenn and OER Librarian DeeAnn Ivie are our UTSA Library liaisons.