"Gracyk addresses a difficult and too-long-overlooked subject--that is, defining a comprehensible rock aesthetic--with consistent intelligence, depth, and insight. His knowledge of aesthetics, musicology, and the history of rock & roll is up to the ambitious task he sets himself."--Anthony DeCurtis, author of "Rocking My Life Away"
"Gracyk addresses a difficult and too-long-overlooked subject--that is, defining a comprehensible rock aesthetic--with consistent intelligence, depth,...
As someone who feels the emotional power of rock and who writes about it as an art form, Theodore Gracyk has been praised for launching arguments destined to change the future of rock and roll. In I Wanna Be Me, his second book about the music he cares so much about, Gracyk grapples with the ways that rock shapes - limits and expands - our notions of who we can be in the world.
As someone who feels the emotional power of rock and who writes about it as an art form, Theodore Gracyk has been praised for launching arguments dest...
Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as possible to general readers who have no background in philosophy. The emphasis is on instrumental music, but examples are drawn from many cultures as well as from Western classical, jazz, folk, and popular music.
Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the na...
