Gloves & Grease Público
Shapiro, Jon (2009)
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Abstract
My project draws on two musical experiences I have had in order to outline emerging musical forms and conventions. The first is the process of teaching children pop songs at a summer camp, and the second is the process of creating a sound design for a student theatre production. In the former environment, beginning musicians are exposed to the basic elements of music. They learn how to hear and perform melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic components of a song with a group of musicians. The latter environment allows the musician to experiment with these rules, and through digital manipulation, create new forms with different expressive possibilities. The biggest difference between the two environments is the function of musical codes. At the camp the children's goal is to reproduce their favorite recordings, so the codes must be repeated as faithfully as possibly. While the codes have produced the children's favorite songs, they have also allowed them to be regulated like non-artistic commodities in a capitalist economy. But in the process of sound design, these codes can be transgressed. By examining the politics that shape these codes, we can see that their transgression is liberating for the musician and the work. These three components, the basic elements of music, digital manipulation, and the theoretical bridge between the two of them, are crucial for today's musicians.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Summer Music Programs ___________________ p. 1
Chapter 2: Death and the Maiden ______________________ p. 22
Appendix: CD Listing ______________________________ p. 41
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