Bennett On Becoming a Rock Musician

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54440-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Legacy Editions

In the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a rock musician was fundamentally different than playing other kinds of music. It was a learned rather than a taught skill. In On Becoming a Rock Musician, sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes someone a rock musician and what persuades others to take him seriously in this role. The book explores how bands form; the backstage and onstage reality of playing in a band; how bands promote themselves and interact with audiences and music professionals like DJs; and the role of performance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, H. Stith

Weitere Mitwirkende

Becker, Howard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Musikindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword to the Legacy Edition, by Howard S. Becker
Preface
A Guide for the Reader
Acknowledgments
Part I. Group Dynamics
1. Introduction
2. Group Definition and Redefinition

Part II. Rock Ecology
3. Instruments and "the Outside World"
4. Equipment and the Band Van
5. Gigs
Part III. Mastering the Technological Component
6. Technology and The Music
7. The Realities of Practice
Part IV. Performance: Aesthetics and the Technological Imperative
8. Playing
9. "Other People's Music"
Afterword
Appendix: Loudness and Equalization
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

H. Stith Bennett has taught at the University of Illinois, the University of Washington, the University of Missouri, and Colorado Women’s College. He now lives off the grid in a cabin in Colorado, where he writes his own prose, poems, and songs.