Re: [microsound] Sound Ideas

[chris mcnamara <mcnafong@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Aden,

that sounds like a great book. I teach digital media at the University  
of Michigan and have developed a couple of courses on sound and image  
integration in contemporary practice. Any chance I could snag a preview  
copy - it might be something that I would make required reading when I  
offer the course again.

Best,

Christopher McNamara (Thinkbox)
Thinkbox

Program in Film & Video Studies - University of Michigan
On Jul 15, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Aden Evens wrote:

> Dear microsounders,
>
> Pardon the self-promotion. I've published a book that I believe many  
> of you would be interested to hear about. Sound Ideas: Music,  
> Machines, and Experience (University of Minnesota Press) is a book  
> about the ways in which technologies, especially digital technologies,  
> shape our experiences of sound. It considers the experiences of  
> listener, performer, composer, acoustician, and more, asking how  
> technology (including musical instruments, stereos, computers, etc.)  
> intersects with aesthetics in these experiences.
>
> This is an academic book, though it is readable by any thoughtful  
> person. No particular background is necessary. However, the book  
> crosses so many disciplines (philosophy, cultural theory, mathematics,  
> computer science, musicology, psychoacoustics) that every reader will  
> likely find some sections challenging. I suspect that the members of  
> this list-serv are especially qualified to read it (and I hope that  
> some of you will!). In any case, technical concepts are carefully but  
> succinctly explained for the lay person. Musical examples are drawn  
> primarily from twentieth-century musics, including minimalism, drone  
> music, electronica, glitch, and others, with plenty of relevance for  
> the microsound "genre." My main philosophical influence is Gilles  
> Deleuze, but the emphasis in Sound Ideas  is on original thought, and  
> there is very little rehearsal of the theories of others.
>
> If you want more information or a sample of the writing, or if you  
> have any questions, please get in touch. I'm here on the list.
>
> If you want to read the book, check the usual places, like, uh,  
> libraries and bookstores. Here's an Amazon link:  
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/081664537X/ 
> qid=1121437682/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7115032-2976126? 
> v=glance&s=books&n=507846.
>
> Cheers,
>
>        ****  ***  ****
>             A d e n
>        ****  ***  ****
>
> Assistant Professor of Technical Communication
> Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
> MIT
> aden@xxxxxxx


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