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Title: Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture
ISBN: 0262633639
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Publicate Date: 2008-05-31
Publish: 2008-05-31
List Price: $29.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Fascinating AND Fun
Educating yourself should always be this much fun! I especially enjoyed the intro by Steve Reich, and Jeff Winner's chapter. The CD that comes with the book is the perfect soundtrack while reading. Mr. Miller has done a fantastic job of assembling talent for his collection; not only Mr. Winner and Reich, but others like Brian Eno, Chuck D., and many more. I've read most of this book twice already - highly recommended!
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2: A Worthwhile Purchase.
Great Book. A lot of intelligent essays on very relevant topics. As someone who enjoys sampling digital music, I find it very helpful to hear what my peers are thinking about the varying issues surrounding the activity. Some ideas are new to me and get my gears spinning, some of them are problems I've wrestled with myself, such as the moral dilemma embedded in the digital sampling culture. Is it thievery? Should laws be enacted to punish it? Should we do it at all, out of respect for the original artist? Some essays are more difficult to follow on account of references to so many artists and their works that I am unfamiliar with. However, others are a quick and enjoyable read that are pleasantly easy to comprehend, while still no less important to the book as a whole. Again, great read.
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3: Sounds good, reads even better.
This book is excellent. It comes with a a CD of some really excellent mashup too. I've really enjoyed the differnt writing styles and the great anecdotes that present themselves in this compilation of what is essentially a book of post-graduate papers on music and it's evolving relationship with the world. Delightfully rich with first person experience and gives you something to listen too in the background.Yummy for my sonic tummy.
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4: Sound Has Never Transvered at Such Speeds!
Sound Unbound brilliantly details the explosion of culteral diffusion in the 21st century as a result of advancements in technology. The book consists of several excellently written essays whose authors range from rappers to scientists, sampling various viewpioints from one another. DJ Spooky successfully conveys how both in the past and today, now more than ever, art is naturally derrivative; stemming from one source after another.
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5: What a trip!
I just finished this one. If you're looking for insight from the myriad influential contributors, you'll find that and much more here. The book's themes run deep, weaving together music history and theory with meditations on technology, perception, and cultural zeitgeist. I went in curious how the ideas of Brian Eno, Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, and Chuck D would cohere under the editorial hand of DJ Spooky. Color me surprised - it's an enlightening trip! A must-read!
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