Sounds unbound : being an independent musician in the digital age / produced and directed by Jiaqi Yu ; edited by Jiaqi Yu.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Yu, Jiaqi, director, producer, editor of moving image work.

Center for Visual Anthropology, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic music.

Computer music.

Musicians.

Music.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Ethnographic films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (25 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : University of Southern California, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In the last four decades, the Digital Revolution has exerted tremendous impact on the music industry - the transition from analog to digital technology and the increasing availability of digital tools have liberated the creative process, allowing an increasing number of indie musicians to work out of the mainstream framework and create their own products without the interference of major record companies. Indie musicians are becoming their own engineers, technicians and distributors, creating large quantities of work on their own terms. With the proliferation of composing software and digital systems, more and more artists are turning towards digitally generated synthetic sounds, while at the same time, strong voices of lament express the loss of "authenticity", "humanity" and "performativity" among artists who are nostalgic for traditional instrumental performance. The film follows the threads of narratives given by various indie musicians to understand how digital technology has affected their artistic and personal identities while revealing, at the same time, what the digital age really offers despite its promises.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 18, 2018).

OCLC:

1035405190