| The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment Contributor(s): Halligan, Benjamin (Editor), Fairclough-Isaacs, Kirsty (Editor), Edgar, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1628925558 ISBN-13: 9781628925555 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Business Aspects - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal |
| Dewey: 781.640 |
| LCCN: 2015022932 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment is the first sustained engagement with what might said to be - in its melding of concert and gathering, in its evolving relationship with digital and social media, in its delivery of event, experience, technology and star - the art form of the 21st century. This volume offers interviews with key designers, discussions of the practicalities of mounting arena concerts, mixing and performing live to a mass audience, recollections of the giants of late twentieth century music in performance, and critiques of latter-day pretenders to the throne. The authors track the evolution of the arena concert, consider design and architecture, celebrity and fashion, and turn to feminism, ethnographic research, and ideas of humour, liveness and authenticity, in order to explore and frame the arena concert. The arena concert becomes the "real time" centre of a global digital network, and the gig-goer pays not only for an immersion in (and, indeed, role in) its spectacular nature, but also for a close encounter with the performers, in this contained and exalted space. The spectacular nature of the arena concert raises challenges that have yet to be fully technologically overcome, and has given rise to a reinvention of what live music actually means. Love it or loathe it, the arena concert is a major presence in the cultural landscape of the 21st century. This volume finds out why. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edgar, Robert: - Robert Edgar is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Film and TV Production at York St John University, UK where he specializes in the practice of Screenwriting.Halligan, Benjamin: - Ben Halligan runs the Graduate Programme for the School of Media, Music and Performance at the University of Salford, UK, teaching in the areas of Critical Theory, Media Studies and Performance at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr Halligan is currently involved with the University's move to MediaCityUK, and its new facilities with the BBC.Spelman, Nicola: - Nicola Spelman is senior lecturer in popular music at the University of Salford, UK. |