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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974759103321

Autore

Sinnreich Aram

Titolo

Mashed up : music, technology, and the rise of configurable culture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : University of Massachusetts Press, 2010

ISBN

1-61376-044-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 pages)

Collana

Science/technology/culture Mashed up

Disciplina

306.4/842

Soggetti

Popular music - Social aspects

Music and technology - History and criticism

Mashups (Music) - History and criticism

Remixes

Turntablism

Music

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Music Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Bust -- Part I: When the Mode of the Music Changes -- Chapter 1:  Music as a Controlled Substance -- Chapter 2: The Modern Framework -- Chapter 3: The Crisis of Configurability -- Part II: Drawing Lines in the Sand -- Chapter 4: Yes, But Is It Art? The Art/Craft Binary -- Chapter 5: Some Kid in His Bedroom The Artist/Audience Binary -- Chapter 6: Something Borrowed, Something New The Original/Copy Binary -- Chapter 7: Live from a Hard Drive The Composition/Performance Binary -- Chapter 8: Hooks and Hearts The Figure/Ground Binary -- Chapter 9: "He Plays Dictaphones, and She Plays Bricks "The Materials/Tools Binary -- Part III: The Lessons Configurability and the New Framework -- Chapter 10: Critique and Co-optation -- Chapter 11: "Plus Ça Change" or Paradigm Shift? -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

From ancient times to the present day, writers and thinkers have remarked on the unique power of music to evoke emotions, signal



identity, and bond or divide entire societies, all without the benefit of literal representation.