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Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener David Toop A major new work from one of the world’s most erudite, intellectual, and influential thinkers and writers about sound and music.
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Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists Kay Larson A “heroic” biography of John Cage and his “awakening through Zen Buddhism”—“a kind of love story” about a brilliant American pioneer of the creative arts who transformed himself and…
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Film, a Sound Art (Film and Culture Series) Michel Chion French critic and composer Michel Chion argues that watching movies is more than just a visual exercise—it enacts a process of audio-viewing. The audiovisual makes use of a wealth of tropes, devices, techniques, and effects…
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Music 109: Notes on Experimental Music Alvin Lucier Composer and performer Alvin Lucier brings clarity to the world of experimental music as he takes the reader through more than a hundred groundbreaking musical works, including those of Robert Ashley, John Cage, Charles Ives, Morton Feldman,…
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The Voice in Cinema Michel Chion How can a voice whose source is never seen—such as Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey or the mother of Norman Bates in Psycho—have such a powerful hold on an audience? When does “synchronized sound” fail to link bodies…
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Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema David Sonnenschein Offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.
