Remediating Sound - (New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media) (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Remediating Sound studies the phenomena of remixing, mashup and recomposition: forms of reuse and sampling that have come to characterise much of YouTube's audiovisual content.
- About the Author: Holly Rogers is Reader in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
- 328 Pages
- Music, Instruction & Study
- Series Name: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media
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"An exploration of YouTube as a platform for remix, reuse, and sampling"--Book Synopsis
Remediating Sound studies the phenomena of remixing, mashup and recomposition: forms of reuse and sampling that have come to characterise much of YouTube's audiovisual content. Through collaborative composition, collage and cover songs to reaction videos and political activism, users from diverse backgrounds have embraced the democratised space of YouTube to open up new and innovative forms of sonic creativity and push the boundaries of audiovisual possibilities.
Observing the reciprocal flow of influence that runs between various online platforms, 12 chapters position YouTube as a central hub for the exploration of digital sound, music and the moving image. With special focus on aspects of networked creativity that remain overlooked in contemporary scholarship, including library music, memetic media, artificial intelligence, the sonic arts and music fandom, this volume offers interdisciplinary insight into contemporary audiovisual culture.Review Quotes
"This essential book unveils critical approaches to how YouTube has revolutionized the way we (re)create, (re)mix and (re)use sound, music and the moving image in the digital age. The editors and contributors explore innovative and collaborative music practices and trends that pulsate within audiovisual and streaming cultures, including its connection for all users involved, and its influence on contemporary societies, cultures and politics. Remediating Sound: Repeatable Culture, YouTube and Music is an important book for scholars seeking to unravel the entwined worlds of music and digital cultures." --Shara Rambarran, Senior Lecturer in Music, Business, and Media, University of Brighton, UK, and author of Virtual Music: Sound, Music, and Image in the Digital Era (Bloomsbury, 2021)
"For two decades YouTube has both driven and showcased the emerging genres and aesthetics of new digital media. Central to such media is remediation, the transformation of sounds and moving images as they migrate from one genre, platform or technology to another: the result is a cultural practice in which collage, montage and quotation play an essential role, with fixed works and meanings giving way to dynamic, multimodal networking and emergent meaning. Based on the reworking and transformation of existing materials, creativity is redefined as social interaction. Held together by the focus on YouTube, and encompassing a wide range of digital practices and genres - from fanvidding and reaction videos to protest videos, SoundCloud rap and vaporwave - this multi-authored volume is an indispensable and cutting-edge guide to a technological, social and aesthetic phenomenon that has become a core dimension of life in the 21st century." --Nicholas Cook, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Cambridge, UKAbout the Author
Holly Rogers is Reader in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She is author of Sounding the Gallery: Video and the Rise of Art-Music (2013) and Twentieth Century Music (2021). She is editor of Music and Sound in Documentary Film (2014), The Music and Sound of Experimental Film (2017), Transmedia Directors: Artistry, Industry and New Audiovisual Aesthetics (Bloomsbury, 2019), Cybermedia (Bloomsbury, 2021) and The Cambridge Companion to Music Video (2022). Holly is one of the founding editors of Bloomsbury's New Approaches to Sound, Music and Media series and is the founding director of MIT's journal, Sonic Scope: New Approaches to Audiovisual Culture.
Joana Freitas is a PhD student in Musicology at NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Sociology and Aesthetics of Music on video game music, audiovisual media and cybercommunities. She recently organised the international conference "Like, Subscribe, Share: YouTube, Music and Cyberculture" in Lisbon (2020). João Francisco Porfírio is a PhD student in Musicology at NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Sociology and Aesthetics of Music on domestic soundscapes and music in everyday life. He recently organised the international conference "Like, Subscribe, Share: YouTube, Music and Cyberculture" in Lisbon (2020).