On Becoming a Rock Musician / / 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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Legacy Editions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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