ANTH398D - Ethnomusicology

Meeting 11 – DeviantNovember 13, 2007

Wrapping Up

Two Blocks from the Edge

• Next Two Weeks– Attali (dense)– Stokes (light)

• Last Week– Singing Stream

Wrap-Up Threads

• “Exam preparation”• Themes/issues came back repeatedly• Linking with specific weeks/readings

Wrap-Up Threads

• Talking about music• Defining music• Music participation• Meaning universal/particular• Music communication• Social organisation and music (Askew, Becker)• Absolute music (Kingsbury, Fales/Berger)• Appropriate contexts for music

Becker

Becker Themes• Musicians vs. audience– Exclusive group

• Self-marginalisation• Subcultures• Commercialisation, selling out• “Jazz” produced w/o ref. demands outsiders• Squares• Sexual satisfaction to woman– With rhythm

• The Gift

Music People

Music Specialisation

• Amateur musicker/professional musician• Religious parallels• Time spent• Status• Music-thinking• Creativity• Individualism

What are musicians like?• Lingo• Passionate• Perfectionist• Creative• Open-minded, open to new ideas, cultures• Cocky/ ”attitude”• Ego

– Self-aggrandization, bragging– Creator’s condescension

• Coolness (dress, style)• Unconventional• Excentric• Separate from “regular”

– Perception of– Marginalization

Becker on Musicians

• Music as gift (parallel Kingsbury)• Creativity vs. financial well-being• Subversion/reaction toward broader society• “Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll”

Euro-American Conceptions of Musicians

• Hedonism• Money• Specialisation• Performance• Purity (“Art for Art’s Sake”)

Rockstar

• Heavily sexualized• Anti-intellectual• Emotional• Virile• Rebel• Working class• Deviant

Stereotypical portrait of WAM musician

• Pro• Geek, Nerd• Brainy• Bourgeois• Reactionary• Effeminate• Asexual• Technically proficient

Other Actors

• Promoters• Venue owners• Managers• VJs• Music critics• Musickers• “The Public”

Tarantella NeapolitanBeer Barrel Polka Mitch MillerOn the Sunny Side of the Street

Diana Krall

Giant Steps John ColtraneRandom Abstract (Diddle-It) The Branford Marsalis

QuartetFirst Thing In The Morning OregonWitchi-Tai-To OregonLemon Incest Serge GainsbourgJ'aurais Voulu être Un Artiste StarmaniaPour un ami condamné Diane DufresneDreamer Supertramp

Becker Themes• The Gift• Musicians vs. audience– Exclusive group

• Sexual satisfaction to woman– With rhythm

• “Jazz” produced w/o ref. demands outsiders• Squares• Commercialisation, selling out• Self-marginalisation• Subcultures