Re: music is life

Matthew Robert Chicoine (scooby@umich.edu)
Tue, 10 Oct 1995 13:22:50 -0400 (EDT)


Quickly, some books to check out referred through my ethnomusicology class:
"Music & Trance"- Rouget: nuff said
"Soul of Mbira"- P. Berliner: will demonstrate cross-cultural (perhaps
... univarsal) aspects of music, especially African musical and poetic
tradition w/ jazz and hip-hop.
"Thinking in Jazz"- P. Berliner: an 800 some page account of jazz and
improviation, and its function as a life metaphor.

Haven't read these, except for parts of "Soul . . .", but I've heard much
about them. Dope, dope, dope. Carrying on this whole discussion that has
been occuring with such enthusiasm (I think). In fact, peeps are
bombarding more ideas as I write this (2 messages in 10 minutes). Gotta
roll to give a presentation on musical transcription (I kind of dog it.
What do you all think the purpose of transcription might be? What are the
aims, and are they realistic?). More input on the way . . .
Keep up the passion. Peace-
Bubblicious