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Hits and Misses: Crafting Top 40 Singles, 1963-1971
Phd Robert Toft
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Description for Hits and Misses: Crafting Top 40 Singles, 1963-1971
Hardcover. A popular music scholarship, analyzing the creative processes behind some very familiar hit singles from the 1960s. It examines a selection of songs and recordings through the lens of textual criticism and delineates the creative process as it unfolds from the initial conception of a song to the final mix presented on disc. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
This is a concise and insightful piece of popular music scholarship, analyzing the creative processes behind some very familiar hit singles from the 1960s. "Hits and Misses" examines a selection of songs and recordings through the lens of textual criticism and delineates the creative process as it unfolds from the initial conception of a song to the final mix presented on disc. The book takes as its subject top 40 singles released between 1963 and 1971 in the USA, Britain, and Canada, and considers the songs themselves and their transformation in the studio. Robert Toft studies the methods by which ... Read more
This is a concise and insightful piece of popular music scholarship, analyzing the creative processes behind some very familiar hit singles from the 1960s. "Hits and Misses" examines a selection of songs and recordings through the lens of textual criticism and delineates the creative process as it unfolds from the initial conception of a song to the final mix presented on disc. The book takes as its subject top 40 singles released between 1963 and 1971 in the USA, Britain, and Canada, and considers the songs themselves and their transformation in the studio. Robert Toft studies the methods by which ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780826423214
SKU
V9780826423214
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About Phd Robert Toft
Robert Toft holds a PhD in Historical Musicology from King's College, University of London and has taught at universities in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and Canada. He took the lead role in developing the Popular Music Studies program at The University of Western Ontario, where he is currently Professor of Music.
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