Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music
£20.86
a great reference point - this book is jam packed full of information and is split neatly (maybe more so than i was expecting) into sections such as The Open Work and Noise, Sound, Silence .At the beginning of each essay the editors have given a brief account of the author (who in most cases practice(d) work with sound, i.e. Derek Bailey, John Cage, Luigi Russolo, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Tony Conrad, John Zorn etc etc etc, the list goes on and on!)The book has 57 essays (admitidly i haven t read everone just yet) which gives a wide scope of different perspectives on the subject.The title says it all really Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music if this title interests you then the book will! It does exactly what it says on the tin! But don t get confused, this book describes modern music (correctly) as changes that are of interest in audio culture that have appeared through the avant garde, jazz, noise and electronic age. Do not think that modern music refers to Usher or Britney Spears cause you will be disappioted.Yeah, well worth reading, comprehensive book for anyone interested in the subjects.
Excellent book to get into electronic music - Carefully picked essays written from different angles anda chronological go-thru of the biggest inventions & recordingsfrom the beginning of the 20th century to this day.Classical composers alongside free-jazz pioneers and turntablists. Economists and musicians, cult heroes and (for me at least) new and interesting authors.If you re interested in electronic music and wish to understandits currents and philosophy, this is a good book to begin with.I have read maybe 5 other books related to issue, and this was easily the most informative and thought-provoking.
Some inspirational thoughts in this book - I wish I d read this one when doing an essay for an MA module called Creative Music, Media and the Arts . It has really put alot of things into perspective for me and I now feel like I m beginning to gain a solid understanding of the wider issues surrounding the advent of recordingtechnology. The best thing about this book is that the collection of writings are presented in such a way as to allow the reader to make their own judgements. Quite often each successive piece contains contradicting judgments on relating and same issues giving a very convenient opportunity for objectivity. It helps the reader to gain an understanding of the world of sound on its own terms and not in terms of individual stylistic values emminating from supposedly disperate cultures.
Essential book for everyone interested in the subject - It s quite simple really - this book is an ideal and essential place for anyone wanting to learn more about the background of interesting sound and music and art since the age of electricity [roughly]. Great for dipping into and finding out fascinating ideas, facts and histories from some of the most important people to have written about the wide ranging and specific subject matter.... Doesn t matter if you are a beginner or a professor - everyone will learn from this book if their minds are open and their ears alert... Great great great......essential text book number one [ along side not may others in the field of soundart - very welcome arrival]