[PDF.01gn] Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music

Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music

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 | #1440172 in eBooks |  2007-02-17 |  2012-04-09 | File type: PDF

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Case-studies of artists and music industry professionals|By Anthony Kyle Zwarich|If you can sustain your interest through the first few chapters, the book succeeds at presenting equal arguments for and against the title "authenticity" in music. The authors avoid "name-dropping" in favor of "situation-dropping," explaining in length the pretexts that surround some of the biggest|From Publishers Weekly|Barker and Taylor's exploration of the idea of authenticity in modern music takes them from the falsely labeled "pure" and "primitive" style of Leadbelly to the first truly "autobiographical song" (Jimmie Rodger's version of "TB Blues")

Musicians strive to “keep it real”; listeners condemn “fakes”; ... but does great music really need to be authentic?

Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and why do music buffs fall for it every time? By investigating this obsession in the last century through the stories of John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Jim...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music   |  Hugh Barker, Yuval Taylor. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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