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On Becoming a Rock Musician by H. Stith Bennett is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is On Becoming a Rock Musician about?
In the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a rock musician was fundamentally different than playing other kinds of music. It was a learned rather than a taught skill. In On Becoming a Rock Musician, sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes someone a rock musician and what persuades others to take him seriously in this role. The book explores how bands form; the backstage and onstage reality of playing in a band; how bands promote themselves and interact with audiences and music professionals like
Who reads On Becoming a Rock Musician?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- H. Stith Bennett
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231544405
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Music, Science, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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