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On Becoming a Rock Musician.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Legacy Editions SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231544405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On Becoming a Rock MusicianDDC classification:
  • 781.66
LOC classification:
  • ML3534 .B466 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- 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.
Summary: In On Becoming a Rock Musician, the sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes a rock musician and then persuades others to take him seriously.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- 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.

In On Becoming a Rock Musician, the sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes a rock musician and then persuades others to take him seriously.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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