A Sociology Of Sound Technicians

Author : Andy Battentier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658330293

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A Sociology of Sound Technicians by Andy Battentier Pdf

If art, and especially music, has been framed in cultural sociology as a collective production relying on a variety of actors, technicians have been mostly framed as “support personnel” marginally impacting the meaning of a cultural production. This book analyzes sound technicians as technical intermediaries. They are autonomous actors of cultural production, and contribute in various ways to the meaning of live or recorded music performances, framed as a form of interaction rituals. From this analysis, it argues that artists should not be considered at the center of art worlds, and proposes a model including various types of actors in different roles, all necessary to produce a cultural object.

Author : Michael Talbot-Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136119828

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Sound Engineer's Pocket Book by Michael Talbot-Smith Pdf

A handy source of essential data that every sound technician needs. Whether you are a professional sound engineer, responsible for broadcast or studio recording, or a student on a music technology or sound recording course, you will find this book authoritative and easily accessible. Adapted from the comprehensive volume, the Audio Engineer's Reference Book (now in its second edition), this pocket-sized reference has been fully revised to cover the very latest technology connected with sound: Noise measurement Acoustics Microphones Loudspeakers Mixing equipment CDs, DAT, MIDI, MiniDisc Telephony ISDN Digital interfacing Ultrasonics This second edition also features: Substantial revisions of chapters on radio microphone frequencies, digital audio tape, and audio measurements. An extended list of further reading.

Author : Raphaël Nowak,Andy Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780429559877

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Music Sociology by Raphaël Nowak,Andy Bennett Pdf

Music Sociology critically evaluates current approaches to the study of music in sociology and presents a broad overview of how music is positioned and represented in existing sociological scholarship. It then goes on to offer a new framework for approaching the sociology of music, taking music itself as a starting point, and considering what music sociology can learn from related disciplines such as critical musicology, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies. As a central form of leisure, consumption, and cultural production, music has attracted significant attention from sociologists who seek to understand its deeper socio-cultural meaning. With case studies that address sound environments, consumption, media technologies, local scenes, music heritage, and ageing, the authors highlight the distinctive nature of musical experience, and show how sociology can illuminate it. Providing both a survey of existing perspectives the sociology of music, and a thought-provoking discussion of how the field can move forward, this concise and accessible book will be a vital reading for anyone teaching or studying music from a sociological standpoint.

Author : Ric Wallace
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1475080476

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Live Sound Basics by Ric Wallace Pdf

This book is about the fundamentals of live sound engineering and is intended to supplement the curriculum for the online classes at the Production Institute (www.productioninstitute.com/students). Nonetheless, it will be invaluable for beginning sound engineers and technicians anywhere who seek to expand their knowledge of sound reinforcement on their own. Written with beginners and novices in churches and convention centers in mind, this book starts by teaching you professional terminology and the processes of creating production related documents used to communicate with other sound engineers, vendors and venues. Subjects such as Signal Path and AC (alternating current) power safety and distribution are closely examined. These two subjects are closely related to the buzzing, humming and other noise related phenomena that often plague sound reinforcement systems. Chapters include an in-depth review of both analog and digital mixing consoles, their differences and similarities, and the gain structure fundamentals associated with the proper operation of either type of mixing console. Audio dynamic processors such as compressors, limiters and noise gates and their operation are explained in detail. Audio effects like delay and reverb are examined so that you can learn the basics of "sweetening" the mix to create larger and more emotive soundscapes and achieve studio-like outcomes in a live sound environment. Advanced mixing techniques, workflow, and the conventional wisdom used by professional audio engineers are explained so you don't have to spend years trying to figure out how these processes are achieved. Last but not least, a comprehensive review of acoustic feedback, and how to eliminate it from stage monitors and main speaker systems are detailed in a step by step process. This book will be especially helpful to volunteer audio techs in houses of worship, convention centers and venues of all types. It will bridge the gap between the on-the-job training that beginners receive and the knowledge and conventional wisdom that professional sound engineers employ in their daily routine.

Author : Gabrielle Kielich
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781003837060

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The Road Crew by Gabrielle Kielich Pdf

The Road Crew: Live Music and Touring is an in-depth study of the road crew – the group of workers who handle the logistical and technical requirements of popular music concert tours – that provides an extensive look at the activities and personnel involved in the daily operation of these events. Using interviews with road crew members, participant observation at concert venues and archival research, this book covers a range of topics, including how they learn their roles and maintain work through networks and informal practices, the experience of being on tour and the workplace culture of road crews, the daily tasks and necessary documents that contribute to the realisation of concert events, and the integral role that tour managers play in the working lives of musicians. The book also provides important insights into the experience of women working in a male-dominated field, the ways in which hierarchy shapes the working lives of “support” workers and the effects of touring on road crew members. The Road Crew will be of interest to scholars and students of popular music, live music and the creative industries, as well as music fans, journalists, and professionals and practitioners in the music industries.

Author : Arturo Rodríguez Morató,Alvaro Santana-Acuña
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031113055

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Sociology of the Arts in Action by Arturo Rodríguez Morató,Alvaro Santana-Acuña Pdf

This edited collection carries out an extensive coverage of the sociology of arts’ most characteristic thematic areas (production, creation, the artwork, and reception) across an important range of artistic fields, from the most traditional to the more unusual. It makes an argument for the theoretical creativity and empirical expansion that characterizes the study of contemporary sociology of the arts. Such creativity is present in the increasingly predominant approach to a sociology of the arts in action, in all areas of inquiry within the discipline. The range of theoretical paradigms evoked is rich, analysing several of the most important theoretical frameworks currently handled in the discipline (Bourdieu, Becker, Peterson, ANT), and combining them with the works of many other influential contemporary specialists (De Nora, Hennion, Lamont, Menger and Born et al.). The book also establishes links to less known theoretical frameworks and some from different fields including economic sociology,microsociology, ethnomethodology, semiotics, and cultural history. The volume argues that Spanish-speaking scholars are now at the forefront of new developments in the field of the sociology of the arts, and is the first effort to gather research by these influential Spanish-language scholars in a single volume for an English-language audience.

Author : Jeremy Tanner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134393305

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Sociology of Art by Jeremy Tanner Pdf

Provides students with an introduction to the fundamental theories and debates in the sociology of art, using extracts from the core foundational and most influential contemporary writers in the field.

Author : Julia Rothenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317913283

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Sociology Looks at the Arts by Julia Rothenberg Pdf

Sociology Looks at the Arts is intended as a concise yet nuanced introduction to the sociology of art. This book will provide a foundation for teaching and discussing a range of questions and perspectives used by sociologists who study the relationship between the arts – including music, performing arts, visual arts, literature, film and new media – and society.

Author : Alphons Silbermann
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : 0415175992

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The Sociology of Music by Alphons Silbermann Pdf

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Alphons Silbermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136239373

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Sociology Of Music Ils 91 by Alphons Silbermann Pdf

First Published in 1998. This is Volume VIII, of nine in the Sociology of Culture series and discusses how to approach the area of a sociology of music, looking at scope, definition, evaluation methods such as philosophical, idealist and aestheticism and then looking at socio-musical groups, their behaviours and functions.

Author : Elizabeth B. Lee
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815625103

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Sociology For People by Elizabeth B. Lee Pdf

Author : Antoine Hennion
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351541664

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The Passion for Music: A Sociology of Mediation by Antoine Hennion Pdf

Music is an accumulation of mediators: instruments, languages, sheets, performers, scenes, media and so on. There is no musical object in itself; music must always be made again. In this innovative book, Hennion turns the elusiveness of music into a resource for a pragmatic analysis: by which collective process do we make music appear among us? Rather than offering a sociology of music, The Passion for Music listens to the lesson provided by the case of music - this art of infinite mediations. Learning from music allows us to transform the paradigm to be offered by sociology, by confronting it (from Durkheim and Weber to Bourdieu) with a different way of considering objects. For this task, Hennion draws on aesthetics (Adorno) and art history (Haskell, Baxandall), as well as science and technology studies and popular music studies (Latour, Frith, DeNora). As part of that project, The Passion for Music presents a wide-ranging series of case studies, restoring attention to the rich and varied intermediaries through which music is brought to life: from the debate around the reinterpretation of baroque music, to the classroom, the rock scene, the classical music concert, Bachs social career in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the practices of music amateurs today. This is the first English translation of one of the most important works of French scholarship on music and society.

Author : Joyce Sebag,Jean-Pierre Durand
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031336966

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Filmic Sociology by Joyce Sebag,Jean-Pierre Durand Pdf

This book is an exploration of the intellectual resources offered by the hybridisation of sociology and cinema: practicing sociology, or other human sciences, through images and sound. In the age of the image, the book invites sociological research, not only through the discipline's approach, but also through the joint learning of techniques (shooting and sound recording, derushing, editing, etc.) and film writing. Using concrete examples, the authors analyse what it means to think through the image, explain the different phases of making a sociological documentary, and question, through sociological film, the representations of reality and, more specifically, what remains invisible in the social world. The result is a reflective look at the theories and practices presented, to better equip the sociologist-filmmaker. Illustrated with numerous photographs that mark the history of documentary photography and film, the book is intended for both teachers-researchers and students in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences who practice video and photography or wish to discover their uses. Students in documentary and film schools, as well as students on information and communication programs will also benefit from the book.

Author : Arnold W. Foster,Judith R. Blau
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438403076

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Art and Society by Arnold W. Foster,Judith R. Blau Pdf

There is currently no reader in print that provides a broad ranging overview for an undergraduate course on the sociology of the arts or the sociology of culture. This book remedies this situation as it provides students with an overall understanding of the current issues, theoretical approaches, and substantive contributions in the sociology of the arts. Included are chapters on the aesthetic meaning of art; the social and institutional production of art; the links among audiences, artists, and cultural organizations; tensions between artists and their bureaucratized working settings; the training and careers of artists; relations between art and society; and the dynamics of cultural change. In addition to section introductions, there is a comprehensive introduction to provide students with an understanding of the history of the field, its main theoretical currents, and also to provide them with an appreciation of the contributions to cultural studies by other disciplines, such as anthropology and history. An extensive bibliography is also included in the reader, which was developed to assist students who wish to pursue research topics.

Author : Paul D. Greene,Thomas Porcello
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780819565167

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Wired for Sound by Paul D. Greene,Thomas Porcello Pdf

Ethnographically-grounded studies of technology in global music.