TY - BOOK ID - 77903502 TI - The poetics of rock : cutting tracks, making records PY - 2001 SN - 0520928156 1597348120 9786612445729 1282445723 9780520928152 0585468605 9780585468600 0520218094 9780520218093 0520232240 9780520232242 9781282445727 9781597348126 6612445726 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Rock music KW - Sound recordings KW - Sound KW - Disk recording KW - Recording of sound KW - Reproducing of sound KW - Sound recording and reproducing KW - Sounds KW - Sound recordings direction KW - Sound recordings production KW - History and criticism. KW - Production and direction. KW - Recording and reproducing. KW - Recording and reproducing KW - Direction KW - artist. KW - artistic. KW - contemporary music. KW - creative. KW - creativity. KW - engineers. KW - famous music. KW - famous musicians. KW - modern music. KW - music artist. KW - music composition. KW - music history. KW - music industry. KW - musical arrangement. KW - musicians. KW - poetics. KW - producers. KW - record artist. KW - record industry. KW - recording music. KW - recording. KW - rock and roll. KW - rock music. KW - songwriters. KW - sound engineer. KW - vinyl music. KW - vinyl records. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77903502 AB - After a hundred years of recording, the process of making records is still mysterious to most people who listen to them. Records hold a fundamental place in the dynamics of modern musical life, but what do they represent? Are they documents? Snapshots? Artworks? Fetishes? Commodities? Conveniences? The Poetics of Rock is a fascinating exploration of recording consciousness and compositional process from the perspective of those who make records. In it, Albin Zak examines the crucial roles played by recording technologies in the construction of rock music and shows how songwriters, musicians, engineers, and producers contribute to the creative project, and how they all leave their mark on the finished work. Zak shapes an image of the compositional milieu by exploring its elements and discussing the issues and concerns faced by artists. Using their testimony to illuminate the nature of record making and of records themselves, he shows that the art of making rock records is a collaborative compositional process that includes many skills and sensibilities not traditionally associated with musical composition. Zak connects all the topics--whether technical, conceptual, aesthetic, or historical--with specific artists and recordings and illustrates them with citations from artists and with musical examples. In lively and engaging prose, The Poetics of Rock brilliantly illustrates how the musical energy from a moment of human expression translates into a musical work wrought in sound. ER -