In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. smithsonianmag.com Submitted by Profanion t3_1016uc4 on January 2, 2023 at 7:46 AM in history 199 comments 4,094
timg528 t1_j2nqofe wrote on January 2, 2023 at 6:19 PM That must have sucked for the musicians, but I can say with certainty that for most of my life, I wouldn't have been able to afford going to the movie theater if there were live music. Permalink 5
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