On Becoming a Rock Musician / / H. Stith Bennett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Bennett, H. Stith,
• MitwirkendeR: Becker, Howard S.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Becker, Howard.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Legacy Editions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword to the Legacy Edition --; 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 --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231544405; 9783110543308; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548242
• DOI: 10.7312/benn18284
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: H. Stith Bennett.

In the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a rock musician was fundamentally different than playing other kinds of music. It was a learned rather than a taught skill. In On Becoming a Rock Musician, sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes someone a rock musician and what persuades others to take him seriously in this role. The book explores how bands form; the backstage and onstage reality of playing in a band; how bands promote themselves and interact with audiences and music professionals like DJs; and the role of performance.