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Just to beat the dead horse a little more
The discussion I brought up yesterday about copyrights of different book formats is really about the only thing going in book news right now so that is what you get to hear about. This morning's Jacket Copy was quoting more music industry history lessons. This time dredging up that that before cassettes were going to ruin the music business it was records...
"That was a time when people thought records were really bad for musicians," said Gary Calamar, the co-author of "Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again," a new history of (and unashamedly geeky paean to) the culture of the record store. "People were just getting used to electricity, and many artists resented the presence of records. They thought nobody would buy sheet music anymore."
It's not that the music industry is the only comparison for the book industry; it's just that changes they faced are a little fresher in our minds. Thinking about this makes me wish I could travel back to 1500, just to hear a first-hand account from monks screaming about how Johannes' device was the work of Satan, and that the printing press would be the ruin of the written word.
I'm sorry, I swear I'll be off my soap box any second now...
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By: David Elzey,
on 9/10/2009
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How to Start a Band, Book Gigs, and Get Rolling to Rock Stardom by Jessica HarperWorkman Publishing 2009I'm really torn over this book. On the one hand, this book is a perfect tonic for all those girls (like the author) who were told or felt that the world of Rock & Roll and all it has to offer is a secret club populated by boys who insist that "Stairway to Heaven" is be-all, end-all in rock.
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Oh, I don't know. Don't you think kids who are into RockBand might be moved to do it for real? I get what you mean saying how can you teach something that's by its nature rebellious, but you've got to get the tools somewhere. Maybe embracing the spirit of that in a packaged form leads to more independence later on . . . I used to work at an after-school program that had a Rock
it's a good point and still a tough call for me, rachel. having manipulated the tools of RockBand i know it isn't anything like playing a real instrument, and the satisfaction of seemingly thrashing a solo is quickly frustrating when you pick up the real thing and can't even make a clean chord. kids like the instant gratification that RockBand provides.<br /><br />that said, yes, it
I actually got this book for my daughter and taught it myself. Did you read it, or just skim it? It's not about teaching "rebellion", it's really about encouraging girls to do it for themselves, use music as a way to express themselves, it's encouraging and empowering. How this book looks or seems to you, as an adult man who grew up with permission to rock, is totally