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The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records
Albin J. Zak
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Description for The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records
Paperback. Presents an exploration of recording consciousness and compositional process from the perspective of those who make records. This title 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. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520232242
SKU
V9780520232242
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About Albin J. Zak
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).
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