The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things: Sonic Creativity Within Sampling and DIY Cultures

by John Richards and Leigh Landy

This book investigates two areas in which the appreciation of sonic creativity can be easily acquired across diverse cultures, ages and interests: the music of sounds - making music with any sounds, part of today's sampling culture and the music of things - the creation of instruments using existent materials (another type of sampling?) involving the notion of 'instrument as composition' as part of today's DIY (or DIT, do it together) culture.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032741694
• ISBN13: 9781032741697
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages