Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age
A fast expanding network of DIY music communities in the UK see digital technologies transforming ways in which part-time amateur musicians are able to collabo- rate creatively and form alliances, producing unique per- formance techniques, experimenting with genre conven- tions and reaching out to a...
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| author | Hoare, Michaela Benford, Steve Greenhalgh, Chris Chamberlain, Alan |
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| description | A fast expanding network of DIY music communities in the UK see digital technologies transforming ways in which part-time amateur musicians are able to collabo- rate creatively and form alliances, producing unique per- formance techniques, experimenting with genre conven- tions and reaching out to an international audience. With a DIY approach, creative autonomy and control is re- tained and celebrated in shared non-commercial spaces run by the artists themselves. A rich ethnographic study seeks to explore these shared ideologies and practices. |
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| spelling | nottingham-278652020-05-04T16:56:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27865/ Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age Hoare, Michaela Benford, Steve Greenhalgh, Chris Chamberlain, Alan A fast expanding network of DIY music communities in the UK see digital technologies transforming ways in which part-time amateur musicians are able to collabo- rate creatively and form alliances, producing unique per- formance techniques, experimenting with genre conven- tions and reaching out to an international audience. With a DIY approach, creative autonomy and control is re- tained and celebrated in shared non-commercial spaces run by the artists themselves. A rich ethnographic study seeks to explore these shared ideologies and practices. 2014-12-01 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Hoare, Michaela, Benford, Steve, Greenhalgh, Chris and Chamberlain, Alan (2014) Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age. In: DMRN+9: Digital Music Research Network (EPSRC), December 2014, London. |
| spellingShingle | Hoare, Michaela Benford, Steve Greenhalgh, Chris Chamberlain, Alan Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age |
| title | Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur
musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age |
| title_full | Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur
musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age |
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musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur
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| title_short | Doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur
musicians and DIY music networks in a digital age |
| title_sort | doing it for themselves: the practices of amateur
musicians and diy music networks in a digital age |
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