[PDF] The Musical Mainstream eBook

Author : Sarah Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 1136465308

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Redefining Mainstream Popular Music is a collection of seventeen essays that critically examines the idea of the "mainstream" in and across a variety of popular music styles and contexts. Notions of what is popular vary across generations and cultures – what may have been considered alternative to one group may be perceived as mainstream to another. Incorporating a wide range of popular music texts, genres, scenes, practices and technologies from the United Kingdom, North America, Australia and New Zealand, the authors theoretically challenge and augment our understanding of how the mainstream is understood and functions in the overlapping worlds of popular music production, consumption and scholarship. Spanning the local and the global, the historic and contemporary, the iconic and the everyday, the book covers a broad range of genres, from punk to grunge to hip-hop, while also considering popular music through other mediums, including mash-ups and the music of everyday work life. Redefining Mainstream Popular Music provides readers with an innovative and nuanced perspective of what it means to be mainstream.

Author : Sarah Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 0415807808

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Mainstream as metaphor: imagining dominant culture - Teenybop and the extraordinary particularities of mainstream practice - Historicizing mainstream mythology: the industrial organization of archives - Lesbian musicalities, queer strains and celesbian pop: the poetics and polemics of women-loving women in mainstream popular music - The positioning of the mainstream in punk - Kill the static: temporality and change in the hip-hop mainstream - The contraditions of the mainstream: Australian views of grunge and commercial success - Elvis goes to Hollywood: authenticity, resistance, commodification and the mainstream - Walking in Memphis?: Elvis heritage between fan fantasy and built environment - 'Following in mother's silent footsteps': revisiting the construction of femininities in 1960s popular music - Music from abroad: the internationalization of the US mainstream music market, 1940-90 - 'Sounds like an official mix': the mainstream aesthetics of mash-up production - Chasing an aesthetic tail: latent technological imperialism in mainstream production - The hobbyist majority and the mainstream fringe: the pathways of independent music-making in Brisbane, Australia - Off the beaten track: the vernacular and the mainstream in New Zealand tramping club songs - Musical listening at work: mainstream musical listening practices in the office - Cheesy listening: popular music and ironic listening practices.

Author : Amelia Oldfield
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0857004743

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The majority of music therapy work with children takes place in schools. This book documents the wealth and diversity of work that music therapists are doing in educational settings across the UK. It shows how, in recent years, music therapy has changed and grown as a profession, and it provides an insight into the trends that are emerging in this area in the 21st century. Collating the experiences of a range of music therapists from both mainstream and special education backgrounds, Music Therapy in Schools explains the procedures, challenges and benefits of using music therapy in an educational context. These music therapists have worked with children of all ages and abilities from pre-school toddlers in nursery schools to teenagers preparing for further education, and address specific issues and disabilities including working with children with emotional and behavioural problems, and autistic spectrum disorders. This book will be essential reading for music therapists, music therapy students and educational professionals.

Author : Scott A. Wilson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476620067

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Away from the spotlight of the pop charts and the demands of mainstream audiences, original music is still being played and audiences continue to engage with innovative artists. This collection of fresh essays gathers together critical writing on such genres as Power Electronics, Black Metal, Neo-Folk, Martial Industrial, Hard-Core Punk and Horrorcore. The contributors report from the periphery of the music world, seeking to understand these new genres, how fans connect with artists and how artists engage with their audiences. Diverse music scenes are covered, from small-town New Zealand to Washington, D.C., and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Artists discussed include Coil, Laibach, Whitehouse, Insane Clown Posse, Wolves in the Throne Room, Turisas, Tyr, GG Allin and many others.

Author : Gert Keunen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Music
ISBN : 9789078088950

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Which mechanisms and logics of decision-making form the basis of selections made by those working in the pop music circuit? Almost as a rule, the same bands will gain all the hype and make the crossover to fame. Why are only some bands considered, and why are these always the same? This book investigates the segment of the music industry that lies between mainstream and underground, including genres ranging from hip hop to rock, and from folk to electronic music. Keunen delves into the aesthetics and ideologies behind the alternative mainstream's cultural construct, embedding his findings in a broader socio-economic context.

Author : Desirée J. Garcia
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0813568668

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Movie musicals are among the most quintessentially American art forms, often celebrating mobility, self-expression, and the pursuit of one’s dreams. But like America itself, the Hollywood musical draws from many distinct ethnic traditions. In this illuminating new study, Desirée J. Garcia examines the lesser-known folk musicals from early African American, Yiddish, and Mexican filmmakers, revealing how these were essential ingredients in the melting pot of the Hollywood musical. The Migration of Musical Film shows how the folk musical was rooted in the challenges faced by immigrants and migrants who had to adapt to new environments, balancing American individualism with family values and cultural traditions. Uncovering fresh material from film industry archives, Garcia considers how folk musicals were initially marginal productions, designed to appeal to specific minority audiences, and yet introduced themes that were gradually assimilated into the Hollywood mainstream. No other book offers a comparative historical study of the folk musical, from the first sound films in the 1920s to the genre’s resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s. Using an illustrative rather than comprehensive approach, Garcia focuses on significant moments in the sub-genre and rarely studied films such as Allá en el Rancho Grande along with familiar favorites that drew inspiration from earlier folk musicals—everything from The Wizard of Oz to Zoot Suit. If you think of movie musicals simply as escapist mainstream entertainment, The Migration of Musical Film is sure to leave you singing a different tune.

Author : Glen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1451684584

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“One of the best literary works of this year” (Miami Herald-Tribune): The true story of a theatrical dream—or nightmare—come true…the making of the Spider-Man musical. As you might imagine, writing a Broadway musical has its challenges. But it turns out there are challenges one can’t begin to imagine when collaborating with two rock legends and a superstar director to stage the biggest, most expensive production in theater history. Renowned director Julie Taymor picked playwright Glen Berger to cowrite the book for a $25 million Spider-Man musical. Together—along with U2’s Bono and Edge—they would shape a work that was technically daring and emotionally profound, with a story fueled by the hero’s quest for love…and the villains’ quest for revenge. Or at least, that’s what they’d hoped for. But when charismatic producer Tony Adams died suddenly, the show began to lose its footing. Soon the budget was ballooning, financing was evaporating, and producers were jumping ship or getting demoted. And then came the injuries. And then came word-of-mouth about the show itself. What followed was a pageant of foul-ups, falling-outs, ever-more harrowing mishaps, and a whole lot of malfunctioning spider legs. This “circus-rock-and-roll-drama,” with its $65 million price tag, had become more of a spectacle than its creators ever wished for. During the show’s unprecedented seven months of previews, the company’s struggles to reach opening night inspired breathless tabloid coverage and garnered international notoriety. Through it all, Berger observed the chaos with his signature mix of big ambition and self-deprecating humor.