| Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Contents |
Sound and civic engagement -- The lure of audio recording -- Newfoundlanders on record : from the 1950s to the early 1970s -- A unique music industry -- The trouble with genre -- Sonic signatures -- Past and possibilities : audio recording and/as action -- Just because you can : the RPM challenge in St John's Mathias Kom -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"Musical media and the audio recording industry have an important and complex history in Newfoundland and Labrador: professional musicians, community songwriters, local institutions, and even politicians have gone on record. The result is a widespread body of work that undercuts the idea of recorded music as a cultural commodity and deepens the province's tradition of cultural activism. Drawing on contemporary testimony and over fifty years of interviews, On Record explores how recording projects have served as sonic signatures, forms of protest, homage, or parody of the foibles of those in power. Beverley Diamond examines how audio recording in Newfoundland and Labrador has been shaped not merely by creative individuals, but by such challenging events as resettlement, residential schools, the cod moratorium, technological change, and disasters that have befallen those who live and work on the North Atlantic. A chapter by ethnomusicologist and musician Mathias Kom examines the widespread response to a unique annual 'challenge' to make an audio recording. Spanning both commercial and community-oriented initiatives, this book reflects the vibrant, socially engaged, and resilient nature of communities who value simultaneously and equally the highest professional standards and the creative potential of every citizen. Encompassing music from both settler and Indigenous communities, On Record redefines the culture of a province that has most often been associated with traditional music, demonstrating that recording goes beyond the creation of a commodity: it responds to the present and to constructs of public memory."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 18, 2021) |
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Sound recording industry -- Social aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador
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Music -- Social aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador
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Sound recordings -- Social aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador
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Sound recording industry -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History
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Music -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History and criticism
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Sound recordings -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History
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MUSIC / History & Criticism
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Music
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Music -- Social aspects
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Sound recording industry
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Sound recording industry -- Social aspects
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Sound recordings
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Sound recordings -- Social aspects
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0228007232 |
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9780228007234 |
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