Author: Norman Kelley
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781888451689
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Given than hip hop music alone has generated more than a billion dollars in sales, the absence of a major black record company is disturbing. Even Motown is now a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Nonetheless, little has been written about the economic relationship between African-Americans and the music industry. This anthology dissects contemporary trends in the music industry and explores how blacks have historically interacted with the business as artists, business-people and consumers.
R&B, Rhythm and Business
Author: Norman Kelley
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781888451689
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Given than hip hop music alone has generated more than a billion dollars in sales, the absence of a major black record company is disturbing. Even Motown is now a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Nonetheless, little has been written about the economic relationship between African-Americans and the music industry. This anthology dissects contemporary trends in the music industry and explores how blacks have historically interacted with the business as artists, business-people and consumers.
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781888451689
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Given than hip hop music alone has generated more than a billion dollars in sales, the absence of a major black record company is disturbing. Even Motown is now a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Nonetheless, little has been written about the economic relationship between African-Americans and the music industry. This anthology dissects contemporary trends in the music industry and explores how blacks have historically interacted with the business as artists, business-people and consumers.
The Death of Rhythm and Blues
Author: Nelson George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101160675
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its transformation into the R&B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101160675
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its transformation into the R&B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music.
Dance of Days
Author: Mark Andersen
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781933354996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Updated 2009 edition of this evergreen punk-rock classic!
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781933354996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Updated 2009 edition of this evergreen punk-rock classic!
Bandits & Bibles
Author: Larry E. Sullivan
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781888451375
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Now a highly politicised medium, this book of prison literature collects a lively array of selections from the earliest recorded convict autobiographies, examining crimes, arrests and convictions, punishments inflicted, survival techniques and spiritual awakenings. Hard labour in coal mines, whippings, solitary confinement in bare unheated cells, water torture and iron maidens were just a few of the punishments meted out to these prisoners and vividly recounted in these selections.
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781888451375
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Now a highly politicised medium, this book of prison literature collects a lively array of selections from the earliest recorded convict autobiographies, examining crimes, arrests and convictions, punishments inflicted, survival techniques and spiritual awakenings. Hard labour in coal mines, whippings, solitary confinement in bare unheated cells, water torture and iron maidens were just a few of the punishments meted out to these prisoners and vividly recounted in these selections.
Sweet Soul Music
Author: Peter Guralnick
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031620675X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031620675X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.
I Am Tommy
Author: Tom Wilson
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525529080
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The uncensored Insider Story of Three Decades in the Canadian Music Business. I was in a unique position. I was a musician who recorded hit songs and performed on stage in front of millions of fans. I was also an agent who met, booked and performed with many of Canada’s and the world’s rock stars. I AM TOMMY!
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525529080
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The uncensored Insider Story of Three Decades in the Canadian Music Business. I was in a unique position. I was a musician who recorded hit songs and performed on stage in front of millions of fans. I was also an agent who met, booked and performed with many of Canada’s and the world’s rock stars. I AM TOMMY!
Sound Man
Author: Glyn Johns
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 0147516579
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"A life recording hits with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces ..."--Jacket.
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 0147516579
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"A life recording hits with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces ..."--Jacket.
The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome
Author: Norman Kelley
Publisher: Nation Books
ISBN: 9781560255840
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Al Sharpton's entrance into the 2004 Democratic presidential race is evidence of a decaying black political culture where ego trumps politics. It is the last gasp of a tradition that has been transformed over a generation from bold, effective and results-oriented politics to rhetoric and symbolism, argues crime writer and social commentator Norman Kelley. As Kelley shows, what Sharpton covets is the sobriquet—The Head Negro in Charge (HNIC), a symbolic political mobilization that replaces effective politics and organizing. "The HNIC syndrome has seen the rise of symbolic leaders—Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Sharpton and now Russell Simmons—who may be charismatic," Kelley writes, "but are politically unaccountable to the very people they claim to represent, namely African Americans. The transformation has been underway since the 1970s, but most African Americans have yet to confront it." HNIC syndrome is both a symptom and response to the failings of black political and cultural orthodoxy, of a sclerotic black elite represented by the NAACP and the Black Congressional Caucus, who have embedded themselves into the machinery of the Democratic Party and the conservative movement.
Publisher: Nation Books
ISBN: 9781560255840
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Al Sharpton's entrance into the 2004 Democratic presidential race is evidence of a decaying black political culture where ego trumps politics. It is the last gasp of a tradition that has been transformed over a generation from bold, effective and results-oriented politics to rhetoric and symbolism, argues crime writer and social commentator Norman Kelley. As Kelley shows, what Sharpton covets is the sobriquet—The Head Negro in Charge (HNIC), a symbolic political mobilization that replaces effective politics and organizing. "The HNIC syndrome has seen the rise of symbolic leaders—Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Sharpton and now Russell Simmons—who may be charismatic," Kelley writes, "but are politically unaccountable to the very people they claim to represent, namely African Americans. The transformation has been underway since the 1970s, but most African Americans have yet to confront it." HNIC syndrome is both a symptom and response to the failings of black political and cultural orthodoxy, of a sclerotic black elite represented by the NAACP and the Black Congressional Caucus, who have embedded themselves into the machinery of the Democratic Party and the conservative movement.
Hit Men
Author: Fredric Dannen
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307802086
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Copiously researched and documented, Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fredric Dannen examines in depth the often venal, sometimes illegal dealings among the assorted hustlers and kingpins who rule over this multi-billion-dollar business. Updated with a new last chapter by the author.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307802086
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Copiously researched and documented, Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fredric Dannen examines in depth the often venal, sometimes illegal dealings among the assorted hustlers and kingpins who rule over this multi-billion-dollar business. Updated with a new last chapter by the author.
Introducing Biological Rhythms
Author: Willard L. Koukkari
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402047010
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
Introducing Biological Rhythms is a primer that serves to introduce individuals to the area of biological rhythms. It describes the major characteristics and discusses the implications and applications of these rhythms, while citing scientific results and references. Also, the primer includes essays that provide in-depth historic and other background information for those interested in more specific topics or concepts. It covers a basic cross-section of the field of chronobiology clearly enough so that it can be understood by a novice, or an undergraduate student, but that it would also be sufficiently technical and detailed for the scientist.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402047010
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
Introducing Biological Rhythms is a primer that serves to introduce individuals to the area of biological rhythms. It describes the major characteristics and discusses the implications and applications of these rhythms, while citing scientific results and references. Also, the primer includes essays that provide in-depth historic and other background information for those interested in more specific topics or concepts. It covers a basic cross-section of the field of chronobiology clearly enough so that it can be understood by a novice, or an undergraduate student, but that it would also be sufficiently technical and detailed for the scientist.