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Modern records, maverick methods : technology and process in popular music record production 1978-2000 / Samantha Bennett.

By: Bennett, Samantha (Music professor) [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018Description: 256 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501344091 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Popular music -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century | Sound recordings -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century | Music | MusicDDC classification: 781.6'4149'09 Summary: From the Fairlight CMI through MIDI to the digital audio workstations at the turn of the millennium, 'Modern Records, Maverick Methods' examines a critical period in commercial popular music record production: the transformative digital age from the late 1970s until 2000. Drawing on a discography of more than 300 recordings across pop, rock, hip hop, dance and alternative musics from artists such as the Beastie Boys, Madonna, U2 and Fatboy Slim, and extensive and exclusive ethnographic work with many world-renowned recordists, this title presents a fresh and insightful new perspective on one of the most significant eras in commercial music record production.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the Fairlight CMI through MIDI to the digital audio workstations at the turn of the millennium, 'Modern Records, Maverick Methods' examines a critical period in commercial popular music record production: the transformative digital age from the late 1970s until 2000. Drawing on a discography of more than 300 recordings across pop, rock, hip hop, dance and alternative musics from artists such as the Beastie Boys, Madonna, U2 and Fatboy Slim, and extensive and exclusive ethnographic work with many world-renowned recordists, this title presents a fresh and insightful new perspective on one of the most significant eras in commercial music record production.

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