1st Edition

Pop Music - Technology and Creativity Trevor Horn and the Digital Revolution

By Timothy Warner Copyright 2003
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

This highly original and accessible book draws on the author‘s personal experience as a musician, producer and teacher of popular music to discuss the ways in which audio technology and musical creativity in pop music are inextricably bound together. This relationship, the book argues, is exemplified by the work of Trevor Horn, who is widely acknowledged as the most important, innovative and... Read more
One: Pop Music; 1: Characteristics of Pop Music; 2: The Production of Pop Music; Two: Technology and Creativity; 3: ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles; 4: ‘Buffalo Gals’ by Malcolm McLaren; 5: ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ by Yes; 6: ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes to Hollywood; 7: Who’s Afraid of The Art of Noise?; 8: ‘Jewel’, ‘Duel’ and ‘Jewelled’ by Propaganda; 9: Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones

Biography

Timothy Warner