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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. Stith Bennett , Howard BeckerPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780231182850ISBN 10: 0231182856 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 30 May 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsForeword to the Legacy Edition, by Howard S. Becker 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: Loudness and Equalization Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThe information captured in these pages remains as relevant today as it was thirty years ago when rock and roll was still in its nova stage. Bennett's book is perhaps the only one of it's kind to explain the relatively inscrutable process of how one finds their own sound, and in so doing, he expands the reach of sociology deeper into the meaning of social music. A rare combination of scholarship and street smarts. -- Ben Sidran, Host of NPR's Jazz Alive The information captured in these pages remains as relevant today as it was thirty years ago when rock and roll was still in its nova stage. Bennett's book is perhaps the only one of it's kind to explain the relatively inscrutable process of how one finds their own sound, and in so doing, he expands the reach of sociology deeper into the meaning of social music. A rare combination of scholarship and street smarts. -- Ben Sidran, Host of NPR's Jazz Alive At long last back in print and with an introduction by Howard Becker! This book is indispensable for any ethnomusicology of contemporary pop music. H. Stith Bennett brings the resources of phenomenology to the sociology of pop and rock music, meaning not only field work but method. Bennett's celebrated notion of recording consciousness is the key to Becoming a Rock Musician, yet the book as a whole shows the reader how ethnomusicology is done. -- Babette Babich, author of The Hallelujah Effect: Music, Performance Practice, and Technology Author InformationH. Stith Bennett has taught at the University of Illinois, the University of Washington, the University of Missouri, and Colorado Women's College. He now lives off the grid in a cabin in Colorado, where he writes his own prose, poems, and songs. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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