ABSTRACT

The Digital Musician examines cultural awareness, artistic identity and musical skill through the prism of recent technological innovations. New technologies, and especially the new digital technologies, mean that anyone can create music without any musical training. How do we know what is good? This involves developing a personal aesthetic, an awareness of the context for one’s work, specific musical and technical abilities and an individual identity.

chapter 1|14 pages

New technologies, new musicians

chapter 2|18 pages

Aural awareness

chapter 3|35 pages

Understanding sound

chapter 4|30 pages

Organising sound

chapter 5|15 pages

Creating music

chapter 6|27 pages

Performing

chapter 7|23 pages

Cultural context

chapter 8|24 pages

Critical engagement

chapter 9|45 pages

The digital musician

chapter 10|37 pages

Projects and performance repertoire