Music and Technoculture

by René T.A. Lysloff (Editor), Leslie C. Gay Jr. (Editor), Andrew Ross (Contributor)

Moving from web to field, from Victorian parlor to 21st-century mall, the 15 essays gathered here yield new insights regarding the intersection of local culture, musical creativity and technological possibilities. Inspired by the concept of "technoculture," the authors locate technology squarely in the middle of expressive culture: they are concerned with how technology culturally informs and infuses aspects of everyday life and musical experience, and they argue that this merger does not necessarily result in a "cultural grayout," but instead often produces exciting new possibilities. In this collection, we find evidence of musical practices and ways of knowing music that are informed or even significantly transformed by new technologies, yet remain profoundly local in style and meaning.

CONTRIBUTORS: Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Kai Fikentscher, Tong Soon Lee, Rene T. A. Lysloff, Matthew Malsky, Charity Marsh, Marc Perlman, Thomas Porcello, Andrew Ross, David Sanjek, Jonathan Sterne, Janet L. Sturman, Timothy D. Taylor, Paul Theberge, Melissa West, Deborah Wong.

Genres: Academic

416 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2003

Reviews

[Starbubbles · Rating 4 out of 5]

um, i want it to be clear that you do not list the person who writes the afterword as the arthor of a collection of essays, you put the editor. now that i've gotten that off my chest, review time!

read the article on thomas goggan and sheet music, fascinating! loved it. lots of other fun topics that if i weren't taking two other extremely time consuming courses, would totally read more. if you are interested in the history of technology in the music industry, pick up this book