Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 18
Why Live?: Performance in the Age of Digital Reproduction
Downloads and file exchanges have altered the economics of music of consumption, but have they also rendered the concert hall obsolete? Or have the isolation of ear buds and the ephemerality of digital files actually served to highlight the social significance and sweaty substantiality of live performance? Or are we witnessing the birth of a new "live," virtually social but vitally sweat-free?
LMJ18 Issue Contents
Introduction to LMJ18 by Nicolas Collins
LMJ18 includes compact disc:
Why Record? Life in the Age of Digital Performance curated by Click Nilson
Introduction to LMJ18 CD by Click Nilson
CD Table of Contents, Tracklist and CD Contributors' Notes
The Leonardo Music Journal Series
The LMJ series is devoted to aesthetic and technical issues in contemporary music and the sonic arts. Currently under the editorship of Nicolas Collins, each thematic issue features artists/writers from around the world, representing a wide range of stylistic viewpoints. Each volume includes the latest offering from the LMJ CD series---an exciting sampling of curious and unusual, but eminently listenable, music. Independently curated and annotated by experts and aficionados, these CDs offer a feast for the ear and mind alike.
More info: http://mitpressjournals.org/lmj
Updated 15 July 2009
