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Crafting A Music Community: Making Music And Musicians In Concert, Joyce Reenste Walker
Crafting A Music Community: Making Music And Musicians In Concert, Joyce Reenste Walker
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
In this webtext the author(s) will explore the process of writing, recording, and producing a song, within a group of musicians & sound engineers who have all be fostered/encouraged in some way through participation in a "music community" in Kalamazoo, MI. The goal of the project is threefold: (1) To actually explore the timeline of production (an EP-length set of songs) with the group, who are all working from "amateur" status -- learning the tools, practices, and skills as they compose; (2) to explore (through short video vignettes) how this particular production has been shaped by participation in the community …