A veteran music journalist illustrates how culture has recycled music from the past In The Endless Refrain, former Washington Post writer and editor David Rowell goes deep into the psychology of the average listener - as well as the algorithms that function as today’s tastemakers – to explore the devastating effects of technology run amok on musicians and fans alike. Making an incisive analysis of the economic and technological forces behind the rise of streaming services like Spotify and iTunes, Rowell examines how contemporary currents of music consumption and production shut the doors on…mehr
A veteran music journalist illustrates how culture has recycled music from the past In The Endless Refrain, former Washington Post writer and editor David Rowell goes deep into the psychology of the average listener - as well as the algorithms that function as today’s tastemakers – to explore the devastating effects of technology run amok on musicians and fans alike. Making an incisive analysis of the economic and technological forces behind the rise of streaming services like Spotify and iTunes, Rowell examines how contemporary currents of music consumption and production shut the doors on the organic creation of new music and trapped us in a whirlpool of repetition and stale nostalgia. Combining personal memoir, interviews, industry research, and good old-fashioned critical passion, Rowell’s book is a pungent indictment of a music culture gone awry, crippled by nostalgia and subverted by the sinister hive minds of the internet.
David Rowell worked as an editor and writer at the Washington Post for nearly 25 years. He has taught literary journalism at American University and is currently a senior editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. He lives just outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Endless Refrain is his third book.
Inhaltsangabe
The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music David Rowell
Opening Act The Songs Remain the Same – how public music became a loop of repetition and familiarity Side One All Things Must Pass. But When? The age of the golden oldie … and beyond Side Two How Old Music Became New Again – licensing, content, the Internet, and the weaponization of copyright Side Three It Goes On and On and On and On – how nostalgia propagates itself through recursion Side Four Journey, Tribute Bands, and the World They Made – on the road with the weirdest people in music Side Five OK Computer? – the rise of the algorithm and digital curation Side Six On the Road with the Dead – the rise of hologram performers and the future of re-animated undead music Coda Where Do We Go? – how we can reclaim new music in its glory and rebelliousness for a new generation
The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music David Rowell
Opening Act The Songs Remain the Same – how public music became a loop of repetition and familiarity Side One All Things Must Pass. But When? The age of the golden oldie … and beyond Side Two How Old Music Became New Again – licensing, content, the Internet, and the weaponization of copyright Side Three It Goes On and On and On and On – how nostalgia propagates itself through recursion Side Four Journey, Tribute Bands, and the World They Made – on the road with the weirdest people in music Side Five OK Computer? – the rise of the algorithm and digital curation Side Six On the Road with the Dead – the rise of hologram performers and the future of re-animated undead music Coda Where Do We Go? – how we can reclaim new music in its glory and rebelliousness for a new generation
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