Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the Legacy Edition -- Preface -- A Guide for the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Group Dynamics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Group Definition and Redefinition -- 2. Group Definition and Redefinition -- Part II. Rock Ecology -- 3. Instruments and "the Outside World" -- 4. Equipment and the Band Van -- 5. Gigs -- Part III. Mastering the Technological Component -- 6. Technology and The Music -- 7. The Realities of Practice -- Part IV. Performance: Aesthetics and the Technological Imperative -- 8. Playing -- 9. "Other People's Music" -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
In the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a rock musician was fundamentally different than playing other kinds of music. It was a learned rather than a taught skill. In On Becoming a Rock Musician, sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes someone a rock musician and what persuades others to take him seriously in this role. The book explores how bands form; the backstage and onstage reality of playing in a band; how bands promote themselves and interact with audiences and music professionals like DJs; and the role of performance
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index
