Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual

by Andy Bennett (Editor), Richard A. Peterson (Editor)

These fourteen original essays examine the fascinating world of "music scenes, " those largely inconspicuous sites where clusters of musicians, producers, and fans explore their common musical tastes and distinctive lifestyle choices. Although most music scenes come and go with hardly a trace, they nevertheless give immense satisfaction to their participants, and a few--New York bop jazz, Merseybeat, Memphis rockabilly, London punk, Bronx hip-hop--achieve fame and spur musical innovations. To date, serious study of the scenes phenomenon has focused mainly on specific music scenes while paying less attention to recurrent dynamics of scene life, such as how individuals construct and negotiate scenes to the various activities. This volume remedies that neglect.

Genres: Music

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 2004

Reviews

[Sofia Costa Lima]

I read this for a college paper but I enjoyed it so much I think I'll read it again soon enough. I learned so much!