{"product_id":"playing-along-music-video-games-and-networked-amateurs-paperback","title":"Playing Along: Music, Video Games, and Networked Amateurs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKiri Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy don't \u003cem\u003eGuitar Hero\u003c\/em\u003e players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in \u003cem\u003eGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas?\u003c\/em\u003e How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and participatory culture in the digital age. Miller shows how video games and social media are bridging virtual and visceral experience, creating dispersed communities who forge meaningful connections by \"playing along\" with popular culture. \u003cem\u003ePlaying Along\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how digital media are brought to bear in the transmission of embodied knowledge: how a \u003cem\u003eGrand Theft Auto\u003c\/em\u003e player uses a virtual radio to hear with her avatar's ears; how a \u003cem\u003eGuitar Hero\u003c\/em\u003e player channels the experience of a live rock performer; and how a beginning guitar student translates a two-dimensional, pre-recorded online music lesson into three-dimensional physical practice and an intimate relationship with a distant teacher. Through\u003cbr\u003ea series of engaging ethnographic case studies, Miller demonstrates that our everyday experiences with interactive digital media are gradually transforming our understanding of musicality, creativity, play, and participation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKiri Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Manning Assistant Professor of Music at Brown University. She is the author of\u003cem\u003e Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism\u003c\/em\u003e (2008). Her research stands at the intersection of ethnomusicology, popular music studies, and digital media studies. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the American Council of Learned Societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52588598591795,"sku":"9780199753468","price":99.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aDQ5c3d0Ri8wMnA1d3dGZk1SVTBrZz09.webp?v=1761630892","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/playing-along-music-video-games-and-networked-amateurs-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}