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Playing with Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation, and Composition in DJ and Laptop Performance Butler, Mark J. (Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Northwestern University, Evanston)
Playing with Something That Runs: Technology, Improvisation, and Composition in DJ and Laptop Performance
Butler, Mark J. (Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, Northwestern University, Evanston)
The most familiar format of electronic dance music is the DJ set. Performed live with turntables, headphones, twelve-inch vinyl records, and a mixing board, these performances are largely improvised, evolving in response to the demands of a particular situation through interaction with a dancing audience.
280 pages, 45 line drawings, 25 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 31, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195393613 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 244 × 163 × 24 mm · 587 g |
| Language | English |