Wired For Sound : Engineering And Technologies In Sonic Cultures

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Wired Sound and Sonic Cultures 1(22) Paul D. Greene Reaching ``Overseas'': South African Sound Engineers, Technology, and Tradition 23(24) Louise Meintjes ``The Disc Is Not the Avenue'': Schismogenetic Mimesis in Samba Recording 47(37) Frederick J. Moehn Nigel Pegrum, ``Didjeridu-Friendly Sections,'' and What Constitutes an ``Indigenous'' CD: An Australian Case Study of Producing ``World Music'' Recordings 84(19) Karl Neuenfeldt Music Mediated as Live in Austin: Sound, Technology, and Recording Practice 103(15) Thomas Porcello Media as Social Action: Native American Musicians in the Recording Studio 118(20) Beverley Diamond Engineering Techno-Hybrid Grooves in Two Indonesian Sound Studios 138(18) Jeremy Wallach Short-Circuiting Perceptual Systems: Timbre in Ambient and Techno Music 156(25) Cornelia Fales ``Heaviness'' in the Perception of Heavy Metal Guitar Timbres: The Match of Perceptual and Acoustic Features over Time 181(17) Harris M. Berger Cornelia Fales Mixed Messages: Unsettled Cosmopolitanisms in Nepali Pop 198(24) Paul D. Greene The Soundscape of the Radio: Engineering Modern Songs and Superculture in Nepal 222(23) Ingemar Grandin Music and the Rise of Radio in Twenties America: Technological Imperialism, Socialization, and the Transformation of Intimacy 245(24) Timothy D. Taylor Afterword 269(14) Thomas Porcello List of Contributors 283(2) Index 285