Soundbreaking: Miniseries
Episodes
The Art of Recording
Nov 14, 2016 · 53 min
Soundbreaking begins where a recording does––at the intersection of inspiration and execution. There stands the enigmatic figure of the record producer, the person charged with the
Painting with Sound
Nov 15, 2016 · 53 min
"Painting with Sound" chronicles a watershed event in the history of music: the moment when the recording studio itself effectively became an instrument and gave rise to sounds tha
The Human Instrument
Nov 16, 2016 · 53 min
Celebrating the most powerful of all instruments--the human voice--the third episode of Soundbreaking surveys the range of ingredients that go into a perfect vocal track. At once t
Going Electric
Nov 17, 2016 · 53 min
The fourth episode in our series tells the story of the most elemental force in recording--electricity--and the musical revolution it sparked. Highlighting the way in which electri
Four on the Floor
Nov 18, 2016 · 53 min
If the vocal track is the heart of a song, the rhythm track--the beat--is its body. It is the sonic element that taps into the most primal part of us and makes us want to move. The
The World Is Yours
Nov 21, 2016 · 53 min
The sixth episode of Soundbreaking looks at a musical revolution that was not only inspired by recording but born from its history: the art of sampling--a kind of musical equivalen
Sound & Vision
Nov 22, 2016 · 53 min
The penultimate episode in our series proceeds from the once-preposterous notion that music is a visual art form. Chronicling the era in which MTV forged an indelible and inextrica
I Am My Music
Nov 23, 2016 · 53 min
Shifts the focus away from the creation of music to the experience of listening to it, and to the formats that have shaped and ultimately defined that experience. From vinyl, casse