A&R Pioneers : Architects of American Roots Music on Record /

A&R Pioneers offers the first comprehensive account of the diverse group of men and women who pioneered artists-and-repertoire (A&R) work in the early US recording industry. In the process, they helped create much of what we now think of as American roots music. Resourceful, innovative, and,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ward, Brian, 1961- (Autor), Huber, Patrick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Popular music > United States > 1931-1940 > History and criticism.
Popular music > United States > 1921-1930 > History and criticism.
Sound recording industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining A&R : interwar record company officials and their work
  • Finding and securing talent
  • Contracts and copyrights : the dark heart of A&R
  • Choosing songs and building repertoires
  • In the studio : creating and recording sounds
  • Post-production : defining and defying genre boundaries
  • The bottom line : selling records
  • Nowhere near total eclipse : A&R work after World War II.

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