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Playing Along : Digital Games, YouTube, and Virtual Performance.

Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Kiri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
Colección:Oxford music/media series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction: Playing Along; PART ONE: Playing Along with Grand Theft Auto; 1. Straight Outta Ganton: Virtual Tourism, Fieldwork, and Performance; 2. Jacking the Dial: Radio, Race, and Place in San Andreas; PART TWO: Playing Along with Guitar Hero and Rock Band; 3. How Musical Is Guitar Hero?; 4. Just Add Performance: Staging Schizophonia; PART THREE: Playing Along with Communities of Practice; 5. Music Lessons 2.0; 6. Amateur-to-Amateur; Endgame; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V.