David Novak on the “cultural feedback” of noise music through its recorded forms, technologies of live performance, and creative practices of musicians and listeners.
Podcast, “New Media in West Africa”
Despite many infrastructural and economic hurdles, entertainment media industries are burgeoning in West Africa.
“Sharing Vs. Selling: A Lesson From Gospel Music”: CMS alum Sam Ford in Fast Company
If Sam Ford’s post on gospel music, from his Fast Company blog is any indication, his new book should be great.
A Brief History of Re-Performance
This thesis explores the history of “re-performance,” an alternative mode of reproduction epitomized by the early twentieth-century player piano.
Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music
Combining music documentary and social documentary, Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music charts the meteoric rise of South Asian music in 1990’s Britain. Featuring: Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, State of Bengal, Fun-Da-Mental, Anjali, DJ Ritu, Black Star Liner and many others.
Podcast: Wayne Marshall, “Skinny Jeans and Fruity Loops: the Networked Publics of Global Youth Culture”
What can we learn about contemporary culture from watching dayglo-clad teenagers dancing geekily in front of their computers in such disparate sites as Brooklyn, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, and Mexico City?
“Fire, Lights, Everything!”: Exploring Symbolic Capital in the Tecnobrega Dance Scene
For media industries to benefit from their contributions it is first necessary to locate these audiences as active participants and producers of value.
