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How music dies (or lives), field recording and the battle for democracy in the arts, Ian Brennan ; photos by Marilena Delli ; foreword by Corin Tucker

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How music dies (or lives)

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Ian Brennan ; photos by Marilena Delli ; foreword by Corin Tucker

field recording and the battle for democracy in the arts

All recordings document life, arising from a specific time and place, and if that place is artificial, the results will be as well. Culled from a lifetime of learning through failure and designed to provoke thought and inspiration for artists in every medium, How Music Dies (or Lives) is a virtual how-to manual for those on a quest for authenticity in an age of airbrushed and Auto-Tuned so-called #x93;artists." Author and Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan chronicles his own journeys to find new and ancient sounds, textured voices, and nonmalleable songs, and he presents readers with an intricate

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface: Proximity Bias and the Irrationality of Fear; Introduction: Learning Through Failure; Section I: The Value of Democratizing Voices; 1. We Aren't the World: All Music Is "Local Music"; 2. The Fixation to Fixate; 3. Message Monopolization; Field Recording Chronicle: Malawi; 4. The Real King(s) of Rock 'n' Roll; Field Recording Chronicle: Malawi; 5. Unlabelling Labels; Field Recording Chronicle: Rwanda; 6. Regressive Superlatives: The "G"-Word ... and Other Demons; Field Recording Chronicle: Zomba Prison7. Winning Hearts, Not Breaking Backs: All We Are Saying Is Give Art a ChanceSection II: A Call for a Return to Naturalism: The Need for Randomness; 8. Building an Arc; 9. Everything, Including the Kitchen Sink; 10. The Primordial "Social Work": Why Music Heals; Field Recording Chronicle: Vietnam; 11. Consumerism Masquerading as Creativity; Field Recording Chronicle: Palestine; 12. Parallel Rituals: The Insularity of Technological "Advances"; 13. Sound Before Volume; Field Recording Chronicle: South Sudan; 14. Recording as a Leap of FaithSection III: How To Get "There": Some Possible Roads Home15. Surrendering to Sound; 16. Voices Within the Voice; 17. Using the Microphone as a Telescope; Field Recording Chronicle: Juba Orphanage; 18. Acoustic Illumination; 19. What's "Left"?; 20. Element(s) of Surprise; Field Recording Chronicle: Taranta; 21. Cooked by Culture: Ever Beware the "Experts"; 22. What Can't Be Owned?; Section IV: Products of Our Environment; 23. Making Sense of the First Sense; 24. S-urr-ounded: The Inescapable Symphonies of Our Everyday Life; Field Recording Chronicle: Cambodia; 25. Disposable Music26. Inter-Specific Artistry: "I Am Not an Animal!"27. Aural Culture: Music Not As Math, but Individuation; 28. Moving Targets: There Is No "There" There; 29. Do You Hear What I Hear?; 30. Playing for Keeps: There Is No Rehearsal; Field Recording Chronicle: Acholi Machon; 31. The Ricochet of Influence; Section V: Backin' Up for Some Backstory; 32. Transparency: Letting Your Real "Roots" Show; 33. Drawing Random Inspiration from the Inspired: Liberating Influence from the Ghetto of Sanctioned Outlets; 34. Who's the Boss?; 35. The Road from No-Name-Ville36. Premature and Promiscuous Championing37. Pain Dues, Dude; 38. Amateur Hour: "Real Musicians Have Day Jobs"; 39. Bittersweet Dreams; Section VI: Beware the Traps; 40. Living in the Moment, But Keeping an Eye on the Horizon; 41. Sonic Prisons: Getting Off the Grid; 42. Personalities Displacing Spirituality; Field Recording Chronicle: Transylvania; 43. Self-Sabotage and the Unconscious: Subjectivity's Quicksand; 44. The School of Soft Knocks; 45. Hearing Lost 211; 46. "Free" Samples?; Section VII: Welcoming Magic: Heeding Wanderlust's Call; 47. Following Existing Currents

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