When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, little did he realise it was the beginning of a worldwide industry. Edison recorded the words ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ into a metal trumpet (forefather of the microphone), which scratched a sound track on a revolving cylinder. The first recordings were cylinders, so each song had to be individually recorded. To make a copy, the singer repeated the song on a new cylinder. Artists recorded many cylinders of each song. There was a consolation – they were paid a royalty for each copy. Australian singer Peter Dawson made a tidy sum this way. Continue reading “Recording history in Australia – Part 1”
Month: August 2017
Membership matters – July 2017
Welcome to new member, Richard Rejmer, who is now presenting a modern jazz show. Daniel Mansour and Tristan Hennessey are training. Continue reading “Membership matters – July 2017”
From the Heart – July 2017
A huge thanks to David Piggin and his team of Ted Coad, Russell Ford, Stuart Camp, John Beauchamp, Susan Burton and Ingrid Perri for a very successful sausage sizzle, held outside Woolworths in Drouin on Saturday 27th May. They raised a clear profit of $332.85. Continue reading “From the Heart – July 2017”