Any sound you can imagine : making music/consuming technology / Paul Théberge.
| Author/creator | Théberge, Paul |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press, ©1997. |
| Description | x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Music/culture Music/culture. ^A390481 |
| Contents | Introduction: technology, consumption, and musical practice -- The industrial context of a "revolution" in marketing and design -- Invention and innovation in electronic instrument design -- Consumption and "democratization": digital synthesizers, sounds, and midi -- Music periodicals, the instrument industry, and the musicians' community -- Communication networks and user groups: a musical democracy? -- Music/technology/practice: musical knowledge in action -- The new "sound" of music: technology and changing concepts of music -- "Live" and recorded: MIDI sequencing, the home studio, and copyright -- Conclusion: toward a new model of musical production and consumption. |
| Abstract | This book describes digital musical instruments, industries that supply and promote them, and the meanings they have for musicians. Recent innovations in musical instrument design are not simply a response to the needs of musicians; they also have become "a driving force with which musicians must contend." The author that digital synthesizers, samplers, and sequencers in studio production and in the home have caused musicians to rely increasingly on manufacturers for both the instruments themselves as well as the very sounds and musical patterns that they use to make music. Musical practices have thus become allied with a new type of consumer practice that is altogether different from earlier relationships between musicians and their instruments as a means of production. The author places these developments within a broad social and historical perspective that examines the development of the musical instrument industry, particularly the piano industry, the economic and cultural role of musicians' magazines and computer networks, and the fundamental relationships between musical concepts, styles, and technology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index. |
| Awards note | Winner of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Book Award (1997) |
| LCCN | 97005418 |
| ISBN | 0819553077 (cl : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780819553072 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0819563099 (pa : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780819563095 (paper ; alk. paper) |