Sonic Synergies

Sonic Synergies: Music, Technology, Community, Identity focuses on the new and emerging synergies of music and digital technology within the new knowledge economies. Eighteen scholars representing six international perspectives explore the global and local ramifications of rapidly changing new technologies on creative industries, local communities, music practitioners and consumers. Diverse areas are considered, such as production, consumption, historical and cultural context, legislation, globalization and the impact upon the individual. Drawing on a range of musical genres from jazz, heavy metal, hip-hop and trance, and through several detailed case studies reflecting on the work of professional and local amateur artists, this book offers an important discussion of the ways in which the face of music is changing. Approaching these areas from a cultural studies perspective, this text will be a valuable tool for anyone engaged in the study of popular culture, music or digital technologies.

At the University of South Australia, Gerry Bloustien is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Director for the Bachelor of Arts Professional Major in Communication, Media and Culture, Margaret Peters is Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication, and Susan Luckman is Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies.

Contents: Introduction; Part 1 Shifting Contexts: Introduction to part 1, Margaret Peters; Music, cities, and cultural and creative industries policy, Terry Flew; Futures for webcasting: regulatory approaches in Australia and the US, Axel Bruns; Postmusics, Jody Berland; On the fetish character of sound and the progression of technology: theorizing Japanese audiophiles, Shuhei Husokawa and Hideaki Matsuoka; The Elvis Spectacle and the culture industry, Douglas Kellner. Part 2 Placing Music: Introduction to part 2, Susan Luckman; Popular music, media and the narrativization of place, Andy Bennett; There's no there there, Ian Maxwell; Ethnic and social differences in music behaviour in a fragmented Berlin, Bruce M.Z. Cohen; 'Dis is England's new voice': anger, activism and the Asian dub foundation, Ian Collinson; From folk devils to folk music: tracing Malay heavy metal scene in Singapore, Kelly Fu Yu Sin and Liew Kai Khiun; The Jamaican dancehall sound system as a commercial and social apparatus, Julian Henriques. Part 3 Creating Agency: Introduction to part 3; Gerry Bloustien; Use, misuse and abuse: problems surrounding popular music and its young performers, Sheila Whiteley; The Idol audience: judging, interactivity and entertainment, Jon Stratton; Risky economies: community-based organizations and the music-making practices of marginalized youth, Margaret Peters; 'Unalienated labour' and creative industries: situating micro-entrepreneurial dance music subcultures in the new economy, Susan Luckman; Up the down staircase: grassroots entrepreneurship in young people's music practices, Gerry Bloustien; Bibliography; Index.