#MusicMonday: Digital Music & MP3 Players - 1990's

#MusicMonday is dedicated to digital music in the MP3 format and the development of the first MP3 player, the MPMan F10, by a South Korean company SaeHan Information systems.

#MusicMonday: Compact Discs (CDs) - 1980's

#MusicMonday is dedicated to the compact disc or CD, co-developed by Philips and Sony, to store and play digital audio recordings; a quick progression from the cassette tape that was introduced in the 1960-1970's and huge leap of growth from the original phonograph invented in the 1870's.

#MusicMonday: Cassette Tapes & Walkman - 1960's & 1970's

#MusicMonday is dedicated to Lou Ottens, a Dutch inventor and Engineer at Philips who invented the audio cassette tape and was also involved in developing compact disc technology. This led to the planning and development of the Sony Walkman by Yasuo Kuroki, a Japanese designer.

#MusicMonday - American Independent Record Labels

#MusicMonday is dedicated to American independent record labels emerging in the mid-1900's, introducing jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, gospel, early rock and roll artists.

• Atlantic Records (New York): Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Otis Redding.
• Chess / Aristocrat / Checker Records (Chicago): Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire
• King Records (Cincinnati): Etta Jones, James Brown, Freddie King
• Speciality Records (Los Angeles): Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield
• Sun Records (Memphis): Elvis Presley, Ray Orbison, Johnny Cash

#MusicMonday: How Vinyl Records Are Made

#MusicMonday is a dedicated flash forward to how vinyl records are currently made. Check out the videos below! 

• Discogs Blog
• How Stuff Is Made | Refinery29
• Insider

Follow along on the history leading up to the continued popularity of vinyl records.

• #MusicMonday: Phonograph 1870's
• #MusicMonday: Graphophone & Gramophone 1880's
• #MusicMonday: Berliner & National Gramophone Companies 1890's
• #MusicMonday: Developing Records Late 1890's - Early 1900's
• #MusicMonday: Shellac, RCA & EMI - Early 1900's Continued
• #MusicMonday: Vinyl, Record Company Growth - Mid 1900's