Weeknights, November 14-23, 2016, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Check your local listingsSOUNDBREAKING combines unprecedented access to some of the most celebrated music artists, producers and innovators with rare archival studio footage and an extensive musical soundtrack, to deliver a wide-ranging series on the art of music recording.
Explore the role of the record producer through profiles of some of music’s greatest producers.
Learn how the recording studio itself became an instrument, transforming popular music.
Explore how the amplification and electrification of instruments transformed the sound of music.
Chart the progression of the beat from drum and bass to beatbox and beyond ––from funk to disco to EDM.
Take a look at the art of sampling and the musical revolution it inspired.
Trace the rise of the music video, and how it changed the way we experience music.
Discover how distribution formats, from the LP to MP3s, have shaped our experience of music.