Critical Approaches to the Production of Music and Sound

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Who produces sound and music? And in what spaces, localities and contexts? As the production of sound and music in the 21st Century converges with multimedia, these questions are critically addressed in this new edited collection by Samantha Bennett and Eliot Bates. Critical Approaches to the Production of Music and Sound features 16 brand new articles by leading thinkers from the fields of music, audio engineering, anthropology and media. Innovative and timely, this collection represents scholars from around the world, revisiting established themes such as record production and the construction of genre with new perspectives, as well as exploring issues in cultural and virtual production.

Samantha Bennett is Associate Professor of Music at the Australian National University. Her work is published in Popular Music, Popular Music and Society and The Journal of Popular Music Studies. She is the author of the upcoming book Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow, part of Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series. Eliot Bates is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of Music in Turkey: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (2011) and Digital Tradition: Arrangement and Labor in Istanbul's Recording Studio Culture (2016).

Critical Approaches to the Production of Music and Sound is a wide-ranging collection of essays by scholars steeped in practice. It is a vital contribution to the literature, offering fresh insights and research on the evolving interface of music and technology. * Albin Zak, Professor of Music, University at Albany, USA * Anyone who thinks deeply about the production of sound and music needs this book. This welcome collection of essays ranges widely, breaking through disciplinary barriers and bringing together an exhilarating array of subjects and methodologies. Perhaps most impressively, it combines-and nicely blurs-theory and practice, modeling a vibrant and much-needed dialogue between the two. * Mark Katz, Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA *