1 option
The poetics of rock : cutting tracks, making records / Albin J. Zak III.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3534 .Z35 2001
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zak, Albin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock music--History and criticism.
- Rock music.
- Sound recordings--Production and direction.
- Sound recordings.
- Sound--Recording and reproducing.
- Sound.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 259 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Zak looks at recording popular music as a form of composing; the laying down of tracks, mixing, mastering, and other engineering that go into making a recording are an integral part of creating a piece of popular music. Zak argues that the creation of popular music is by nature collaborative, with the recording studio as the site of collaboration.
- Contents:
- 1. Writing Records 1
- 2. Tracks 24
- 3. Sound as Form 48
- 4. Places and Tools 97
- 5. Tracking and Mixing 128
- 6. Engineers and Producers 163
- 7. Resonance 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520218094
- 0520232240
- OCLC:
- 46617240
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.