Music & Innovation

1. Freelance Musician
Invention and Innovation in the
Music Industry
www.musicstudentinfo.com
Chris Baker

2. Key Terms
• Invention • Copyrights
• Innovation • Science
• Discovery • Engineering
• Creativity • Technology
• Patents • Design
• Trademarks

3. Invention
A new manmade device or process

4. Innovation
• A better way of doing things
• An improvement

5. Evolution of the
Music Player
victor phonograph
1907
hmv
phonograph
1930
sony turntable 1970
cd player 1980

6. Old style
computers
The new
breed

7. Discovery
The primary process used in science to uncover new knowledge.

8. Creativity
The ability to see a problem in several dimensions.
The ability to truly understand the problem at hand.

9. Patents
• Provide inventors with exclusive rights to manufacture a
device for a period of time that has been fixed. Currently 17
yrs.
• Assigned to individuals, not corporations.

10. Patents Cont.
The inventor must keep dated logs in order to prove who
invented something first.
“Patent Pending” – the inventor has applied for a patent, but
not received it yet.

11. Trademarks
Trademarks give an individual or corporation a right to identify a
product with a graphic symbol that customers can readily
recognize for the quality and service they have earned.
Generally, a trademark has no time limit.

12. Trademark examples
nike fender
apple
adidas

13. Copyrights
Provide the creators of written materials the right to a profit
from the sale of their works for a definite period of time.
Related to written material, graphic material, or music.

14. Science
• The pursuit of new knowledge about nature.
• Its primary goal is knowledge, not solutions to problems.

15. Engineering
• Definition-The profession in which the knowledge of the
mathematical and natural sciences gained by study,
experience and practice is applied with judgment to develop
ways to utilize economically the materials and the forces of
nature for the benefit of mankind.
• The deliberate, orderly process through which technology is
created.

16. Technology
The innovation, change, or modification of the natural
environment to satisfy the perceived human wants and
needs.

17. Design
The process of designing solutions to technological problems—
innovating and inventing.

18. History of Invention, Innovation and
Discovery
The greatest difference between science and technology is
purpose.

19. • The main purpose of science was curiosity,
where the main purpose of technology was a
matter of survival.
• Science and technology need and serve each
other while serving mankind.

20. Early civilizations were based on just a few
inventions:
• The plough • Stonecutting
• Handwriting • Spinning
• Metallurgy • Weaving
• Pottery • Surveying instruments
• Brick making • And more…

21. What drives technology ?

22. 7 Mechanisms that affect Invention and
Innovation
1. Deliberate search
2. Deliberate search for 1 thing that leads to something else
3. Totally unrelated developments have an effect on the main
event
4. Military needs or military inventions give rise to intense
development efforts and equally significant social change.
5. Result of religion
6. Weather & other natural forces
7. Pure accident

23. Invention, Innovation and Discovery Today
A few of the most influential factors which are of a different origin than the
previous 7 mechanisms…
1. Information and Communication Technology
2. The faster we can communicate, the faster we can influence others with
new inspiration and new inventions
2. Specialization of knowledge and teamwork
3. The rise of organized science
4. In the past, discoveries often followed the practical application
5. Technology preceded science
6. Today, technology rarely precedes science

24. The influence of Government
The need for rapid wartime development of technology
tends to push the envelope of efficiency.
The funding of research which is often available for the
asking.
Government can also influence invention and innovation
by legislation that creates the rules others must play by.

25. Intellectual Property
To promote rapid growth of technology, there had to be
something in it for both users and producers, and if the
correct balance could be found, it would be good for the
country.