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The endless refrain : memory, nostalgia, and the threat to new music / by Rowell, David,author.(CARDINAL)397188;
"Combines personal memoir, on-the-ground reporting, industry research, and cultural criticism to argue that commercial and cultural forces have laid waste to the cultural ecosystems that have produced decades of great American music. From the scorched-earth demonetizing of artist revenue accomplished by Spotify and its ilk to the rise of dead artists "touring" via hologram, Rowell examines how a perfect storm of conditions have drained a shared musical landscape of vitality." --
Subjects: Music criticism and reviews.; Popular music; Rock music; Music; Music and the Internet.; Creative ability.; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Music trade; Music; Music trade.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mood machine : the rise of Spotify and the costs of the perfect playlist / by Pelly, Liz,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-266) and index."An unsparing investigation into Spotify's origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today's highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed. Building on her years of wide-ranging reporting on streaming, music journalist Liz Pelly details the consequences of the Spotify model by examining both sides of what the company calls its two-sided marketplace: the listeners who pay with their dollars and data, and the musicians who provide the material powering it all. The music business is notoriously opaque, but here Pelly lifts the veil on major stories like streaming services filling popular playlists with low-cost stock music and the rise of new payola-like practices. For all of the inequities exacerbated by streaming, Pelly also finds hope in chronicling the artist-led fight for better models, pointing toward what must be done collectively to revalue music and create sustainable systems. A timely exploration of a company that has become synonymous with music, Mood Machine will change the way you think about and listen to music"-- Publisher's website.
Subjects: Informational works.; Interviews.; Spotify (Firm); Spotify (Firm); Music and the Internet.; Streaming audio.; Sound recording industry.; Music trade; Music trade.; Music trade; Streaming technology (Telecommunications);
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 11
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Uproot : travels in twenty-first-century music and digital culture / by Clayton, Jace,author.(CARDINAL)650478;
Confessions of a DJ -- Auto-tune gives you a better me -- How music travels -- World music 2.0 -- Red Bull gives you wings -- Cut & paste --Tools -- Loops -- How to hold on? -- Active listening."In 2001 Jace Clayton was an unknown DJ who recorded a three-turntable, sixty minute mix and put it online to share with friends. Within weeks, Gold Teeth Thief became an international calling card, whisking Clayton away to play at a nightclub in Zagreb, a gallery in Osaka, a former brothel in Sao Paulo, the American Museum of Natural History. Just as the music world made its fitful, uncertain transition from analog to digital, Clayton found himself on the front lines of the creative upheavals of art production in the twenty-first-century globalized world. Uproot is an 'accessible and profound' (Douglas Rushkoff) tour of this newly opened cultural space. With humor, insight, and expertise, Clayton illuminates the connections between a Congolese hotel band and the indie-rock scene, Mexican rodeo teens and Israeli techno, and Whitney Houston and the robotic voices in rural Moroccan song--and offers an unparalleled understanding of music in the digital age"--
Subjects: FL Studio (Computer file); Popular music; Dissemination of music.; Music and the Internet.; Popular music; Electronic dance music; Popular music; Popular culture;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Shazam and its creators / by Holl, Kristi.(CARDINAL)725113;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-123) and index.The "name that tune" app -- Tag! you're it! -- Small start-up with global ambitions -- Trials and tribulations -- Second screen media engagement -- Shazam! explosive growth and the future.
Subjects: Biographies.; Shazam (Firm : London, England); Shazam (Computer file : Music identification); Internet entertainment industry; Music and the Internet;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How music got free : the end of an industry, the turn of the century, and the patient zero of piracy / by Witt, Stephen.(CARDINAL)410465;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.A riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It's about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store. Journalist Stephen Witt traces the secret history of digital music piracy, from the German audio engineers who invented the mp3, to a North Carolina compact-disc manufacturing plant where factory worker Dell Glover leaked nearly two thousand albums over the course of a decade, to the high-rises of midtown Manhattan where music executive Doug Morris cornered the global market on rap, and, finally, into the darkest recesses of the Internet. Through these interwoven narratives, Witt has written a thrilling book that depicts the moment in history when ordinary life became forever entwined with the world online--when, suddenly, all the music ever recorded was available for free. Witt introduces the unforgettable characters--inventors, executives, factory workers, and smugglers--who revolutionized an entire artform, and reveals for the first time the secret underworld of media pirates that transformed our digital lives.--From publisher description.
Subjects: MP3 (Audio coding standard); Music and the Internet.; Sound recording industry.; Sound recordings;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Incredible tech trivia : fun facts and quizzes / by Schwartz, Heather E.,author.(CARDINAL)480701;
The Internet; Video Games; Space Vehicles; Cell Phones; Robots; Clothing; Cars; Cameras; Television; Nanotechnology; Food; Music; True or False; Who Knew!?Presents questions and answers about technology, covering the Internet, cell phones, cars, television, and music.Includes bibliographical references (page 31).IG850L
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Technology; Children's questions and answers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mega-funny jokes & riddles / by Pellowski, Michael J.(Michael Joseph),1949-author.;
Presents a collection of jokes, riddles, knock-knocks, and silly slogans about sports, food, music, and the Internet.
Subjects: Riddles, Juvenile.; Wit and humor, Juvenile.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The 1990s / by Woog, Adam,1953-(CARDINAL)364782;
Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index.Discusses four major events during the 1990s: the Gulf War, Bill Clinton's presidency, the emergence of the Internet, and the arrival of grunge and rap music.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Nineteen nineties.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The computer / by Oxlade, Chris.(CARDINAL)343232;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Computers in our lives -- Mechanical computers -- Electric computers -- The personal computer -- The internet and web -- Computer entertainment -- Music and video -- Latest developments -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Find out more.970LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Computers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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How to do everything : Kindle Fire / by Rich, Jason.(CARDINAL)350834;
Provides screen shots and step-by-step instructions that explain how to use the features of the kindle fire, demonstrating how to use the internet and email, and find and purchaseprint material, music, and apps.
Subjects: Kindle (Electronic book reader); Tablet computers.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 8
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