The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records - Couverture rigide

Zak III, Albin J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0520218094 ISBN 13 : 9780520218093

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2001

Synopsis

After a hundred years of recording, the process of making records is still mysterious to most people who listen to them. Records hold a fundamental place in the dynamics of modern musical life, but what do they represent? Are they documents? Snapshots? Artworks? Fetishes? Commodities? Conveniences? "The Poetics of Rock" is a fascinating exploration of recording consciousness and compositional process from the perspective of those who make records. In it, Albin Zak examines the crucial roles played by recording technologies in the construction of rock music and shows how songwriters, musicians, engineers and producers contribute to the creative project, and how they all leave their mark on the finished work. Zak shapes an image of the compositional milieu by exploring its elements and discussing the issues and concerns faced by artists. Using their testimony to illuminate the nature of record making and of records themselves, he shows that the art of making rock records is a collaborative compositional process that includes many skills and sensibilities not traditionally associated with musical composition. Zak connects all the topics - whether technical, conceptual, aesthetic or hi

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Albin J. Zak, III is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan School of Music He is also a songwriter and recordist, and editor of The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary (1997).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520218094
• ISBN 13: 9780520218093
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 276
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• Personne responsable: non disponible