Five Things I Saw & Heard This Week, Volume 1: Dispatches from the everyday world of music - Couverture souple

Colyer, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1789261805 ISBN 13 : 9781789261806

Editeur : Independent Publishing Network, 2018

Synopsis

“Reading these pieces is like getting phone calls from a friend. You might not share every one of their obsessions, but they’re never going to waste your time.” – from the foreword by Richard Williams, thebluemoment.com“Five Things I Saw and Heard This Week” is an offbeat take on music in everyday life, whether heard on screens, in supermarkets or on stages. From award shows to obscure acts, Martin follows his interests to end up down some fascinating cul-de-sacs. Fact-filled, entertaining, informative and inspiring in equal measure, “Five Things” will make you search out hidden gems in your record collection or on the world wide web, and quite possibly introduce you to your next favourite musician.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martin Colyer has been involved in music throughout his life. He is the son of Bill Colyer, the man who gave the name Skiffle to the burgeoning DIY movement that happened in Britain in the early Fifties. Bill’s brother was renowned Jazz trumpeter, Ken Colyer, leader of a band that included the huge influencers Alexis Korner and Lonnie Donegan (this story is brilliantly told in Billy Bragg’s recent book, “Roots, Radicals and Rockers”). Martin was in an R ’n’ B group called Hot House in the Eighties, and although ultimately unsuccessful, managed to spend £1.3m of RCA’s money. They were fronted by singer Heather Small and worked with Susan Rogers of Prince fame, Ron “Have Mercy” Kersey, writer of “Disco Inferno”, and toured supporting Barry White. Martin is also the co-founder, along with Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns, of the world’s number one music journalism resource rocksbackpages.com. In 2012 he won a Parliamentary Jazz Award for his work on Goin' Home: The Uncompromising Life & Music of Ken Colyer, a large-scale biography of his uncle. A magazine designer and art director by trade, Martin started writing a weekly blog, Five Things I Saw and Heard This Week, in 2012. It focused on music encountered in day-to-day life, and not tied into the way the music business runs (with release dates and hype). He has continued to write, mostly on design and illustration for the beautiful graphics magazine, eye, in London. He makes music at martincolyer.com and southwesternrecorders.com. He likes reverb, outré scents, Bob Dylan's boots and the writing of Joan Didion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independent Publishing Network
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789261805
• ISBN 13: 9781789261806
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Falconer Sam
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 213
• Éditeur: Ball Rick
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg