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The members of Middle Aged Dad Jam Band are known for making people laugh. But they take their music seriously.
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Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other synthes… ...
If You Go What: Uptown Music Collective's "It Came From the '80s: New Wave to Pop Rock" When: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Community Arts Center, Williamsport, 220 W. Fourth St.
In the 1980s, music sales reached $108.7 billion, adjusted for inflation. More than 6.6 billion units were sold. In the 1990s, music sales reached $181.2 billion, adjusted for inflation.
"In the '80s, you got the introduction of relatively affordable music-making equipment," says World Cafe correspondent John Morrison. "You had programmable drum machines.