Rent remix reading and composing culture 3rd edition 9780312681678 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. I want to thank the entire team at routledge for making the publication process an energetic and positive experience. In addition to composition and cultural studies, her scholarly interests include postcritical pedagogy, literacy studies, and computers and composition. Part 1 deals with the rudiments of musical language starting with melody and ending with form. At times dense but elegantly written, i am so tempted to say that this is the direction where media studies should. May 16, 2008 there is a ton of new creativity in the user generated space, and much of it builds on unauthorized uses of ed material. Edited clean version university of minnesota press.
Thanks to technology, pretty much anyone can remix any music, photo, video, object, or concept they like. With each year of his career passing, his role in electronic dance music has become more important. Jul 08, 2009 with a mix of humor and analysis, a collection of fresh readings, lively assignments, and an enticing design, remix is not your ordinary textbook. Popular music and culture books showing 150 of 377 lords of chaos. Into the world of techno and rave culture, just one of many books that document the rise of the dj in popular culture. Navas argues that remix, as a form of discourse, affects culture in ways that go. Books that trace the origins of fake news, the life of a beloved childrens author and the history of jellyfish all feature in this months reading recommendations. Remix culture wikipedia ie lawrence lessig described the remix culture in his 2008 book rem.
Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy is lawrence lessigs fifth book. This book places particular emphasis on the rise of remix in music during the. Such a culture would be, by default, permissive of efforts to improve upon, change, integrate, or otherwise remix the work of holders. Her published essays consider the intersection of theory and practice in.
Navas argues that remix, as a form of discourse, affects culture in ways that go beyond the basic recombi. Lawrence lessig described the remix culture in his 2008 book remix. Navas argues that remix, as a form of discourse, affects culture in ways that go beyond the basic recombination of material. Lessig outlines two cultures the readonly culture ro and the readwrite culture rw. It asks students to reexamine everyday concepts such as identity, entertainment, and technology.
Whatever remixing the original authors did, we hope that you can remix some of these activities and strategies into your own pedagogical work. Coupled with her passion for music and hearing and telling a good story, she was thrilled to help the remix culture project in any way she could. The book included a wide variety of stories and articles on many various subjects. We are a nonprofit organization celebrating musical traditions in harmony with digital remix art. This book is the result of my long term engagement with remix in terms of theory and practice as both scholar and. Works of art, culture, invention, and creation are informed and inspired by things that we experience in the world around us. The aesthetics of sampling is an analysis of remix in art.
Navas argues that remix is a type of binder, a cultural gluea virusthat informs and supports contemporary culture. The information or product is provided to us by a professional source, the content industry, that possesses an authority on that particular productinformation. Best practices for creating an lgbtqinclusive classroom omar swartz. Books by catherine latterell remix 3rd edition reading and composing culture by cather in e g. Remix reading and composing culture 3rd edition rent. The sound of rhythm and culture remixed by various artists on. The important thing is applying the theory after you learn it, and doing so regularly to really ingrain it. The music cd and its ends will straw will straw is professor in the department of art history and communications studies at mcgill university in montreal. Remixing culture and why the art of the mashup matters. In this groundbreaking book, eduardo navas puts remix theory to work. I could be wrong, but i think it stems from the book remix theory 2008, which they talk about here.
With a mix of humor and analysis, a collection of fresh readings, lively assignments, and an enticing design, remix is not your ordinary textbook. Remix culture, authorship and copyright by jenny yourell. He researches and teaches principles of cultural analytics and digital humanities in the school of visual arts at the pennsylvania state university, pa. It details a hypothesis about the societal effect of the internet, and how this will affect production and consumption of. Reading and composing culture 3rd edition by catherine latterell at over 30 bookstores. The aesthetics of sampling springer, 2012, and coeditor of the routledge companion to remix studies.
Students live in a remix culture a doityourself, collaborative, and creative culture in which they are the writers, designers, and creators. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. This collection presents a range of essays on contemporary music distribution and consumption patterns and practices. Latterell is associate professor of english at penn state altoona, where she teaches firstyear composition as well as a range of other rhetoric and writing courses. Part 2 is an indepth analysis of selected musical theater pieces including craig carnelias just a housewife working, and jason robert browns stars and the moon songs far a new world. But avoid asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. While combining elements has always been a common practice of.
A comprehensive, onevolume guide to music theory, encompassing pop and classical styles and presented in an accessible and engaging way. Remix culture, authorship and copyright by jenny yourell on prezi. This is where people who play an instrument have a clear advantage. At times dense but elegantly written, i am so tempted to say that this is the direction where media studies should be going if it did not sound a bit too grand. Reading and composing culture discussion and chapter questions and find remix. This extensively revised and expanded fifth edition of understanding popular music culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and meaning of popular music, and the debates that surround popular culture and popular music. The concept of the avantgarde is presented as a cultural example in which remixing is at play explicitly on two regenerative layers and is juxtaposed with social media in order to understand how a new type of economy is developing. Culture is defined to develop an argument on what role remix plays in the larger context of history. Ive spent years reading this and that to try and understand the history of music. Reading and composing culture by latterell, catherine g. Reading and composing culture by latterell at over 30 bookstores.
Reading and composing culture, published 2009 under isbn 9780312476687 and isbn 031247668x. Gangsta rap cultures influence on our societies european. Reading and composing culture edition 3 by catherine. Rather than offering a history of contemporary music, audio culture traces the genealogy of current musical practices and theoretical concerns, drawing lines of connection. Ben murray contributor ben murray is the editor for the space, a digital art nonprofit organization in the uk and was a former bbc digital editor. Rather than offering a history of contemporary music, audio culture traces the genealogy of current musical practices and theoretical concerns, drawing lines of connection between recent musical production and earlier. Perhaps artists focused on creating culture are too busy to read about it, but his role as a pioneer dj and promoter in the american rave scene is indeed documented in simon reynolds generation ecstasy. Music theory remixed a blended approach for the practicing musician. To note, this isnt so much a composition text as it is a primer on how to examine and analyze aspects of culture and see how these apply to your life.
One which is not only more open but also economically responsible. The ro culture is the culture we consume more or less passively. Dedicated now god has a dj to the late jam master jay, rap group rundmcs dj, berklee college of music professor and emmy awardwinning composer stephen webber offers a solid primer on the history, tools and skills of djing with insightful interviews with respected club, hiphop and scratch djs. Toward a theory of remixing in online innovation communities.
Keywords appropriation, art, cover versions, cultural studies, media studies, remix. Understanding popular music culture 5th edition roy. Reading and composing culture edition 2 by catherine. Open guidelines on appropriation and remix routledge 2018 is now available on hardback, paperback, and ebook. A remix culture would be, by default, permissive of efforts to improve upon, change, integrate, or otherwise remix the work of holders. You can read a billion books on the topic but there are only so many ways one can phrase the same lessons. Videographer film editor nina is an actor and singer who also studied film production at sf states digital video intensive. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy shaking up your classroom. Music is more than mathematics protoculture a state of trance 2014 to armin van buuren, the sound of music has become a natural high, a sanctuary, and the stimulus in life. This extensively revised and expanded fifth edition of understanding popular music culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and meaning of popular music, and the debates that surround popular culture and popular music reflecting the continued proliferation of popular music studies, the new music industry in a. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
The aesthetics of sampling is an analysis of remix in art, music, and new media. Apr 30, 20 works of art, culture, invention, and creation are informed and inspired by things that we experience in the world around us. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. We just finished our project in chefchaouen, morocco, where we not only worked with traditional musicians, but also led a filmmaking workshop with the community, culminating in a free public screening and concert attended by the larger chefchaouen community. Nov 01, 2017 books that trace the origins of fake news, the life of a beloved childrens author and the history of jellyfish all feature in this months reading recommendations. Music theory for musical theatre is divided into three parts. Reading and composing culture second edition edition. The book was made available for free download and remixing under the cc bync creative commons license via bloomsbury academic. The book is also available electronically through university libraries that have subscriptions with springers online service, springerlink. Remix culture, sometimes readwrite culture, is a society that allows and encourages derivative works by combining or editing existing materials to produce a new creative work or product. Lessig presents this as a desirable ideal and argues, among other things, that the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process. The bloody rise of the satanic metal underground by michael moynihan, girls to the front. There is a ton of new creativity in the user generated space, and much of it builds on unauthorized uses of ed material.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. An analysis of the social structure of remix culture. The sound of rhythm and culture remixed by various artists. Reading and composing culture study guide questions and answers. There were liberal and conservative view points addressed from all sorts of different people with different ways of life or thinking. Music theory remixed a blended approach for the practicing musician 1st edition by kevin holmhudson and publisher oxford university press. Part of the longman topics reader series, music and culture explores social and cultural issues through musicits personalities, business aspects, diversity, and the sounds themselvesand is intended to promote critical thinking and writing through its accessible, balanced variety of reading selections. Music is more than mathematics protoculture shazam. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Presents tonal music theory through a dual lens of works from the western canon and examples from popular music, including rock, jazz, techno, film soundtracks, and world music. Sampling in musicmaking is a prime example of reuse, and hiphop cultures implicit acceptance of the practice makes it a remix culture. Michael moynihan shelved 2 times as musicandculture avg rating 3.
Pdf an analysis of the social structure of remix culture. Remix culture is also employed by lawrence lessig to describe a society which allows and encourages derivative works. Catherine latterell get textbooks new textbooks used. The aesthetics of sampling can ordered on amazon, barnes and nobles, powellsl books, or another major online bookseller in your region, anywhere in the world. Remix culture, sometimes readwrite culture, is a society that allows and encourages derivative. The question becomes what is original, and does it even matter. Music theory remixed kevin holmhudson oxford university. The basic argument in raiford guins edited clean version is so striking in its simplicity but aptness that my copy of the book is now filled with exclamation marks and other scribblings in the margins that shout how i loved it. Listen to your favorite songs from the sound of rhythm and culture remixed by various artists now. The modern jazz quartet mjq was a noted jazz ensemble whose original membersjohn lewis piano and director, milt bags jackson vibraphone, ray brown bass and kenny klook clarke drumsfirst performed together in dizzy gillespies big band in 1946. One where source musicians share in financial rewards when their music is remixed for commercial purposes.