Anthony Boden
Ashgate
Hardback
388
2005
Drawing on a series of interviews with musicians aged between fifteen and fifty, Lucy Green explores the nature of pop musicians?» informal learning practices, attitudes and values, the extent to which these altered over the last forty years, and the experiences of the musicians in formal music education. Through a comparison of the characteristics of informal pop music learning with those of more formal music education, the book offers insights into how we might re-invigorate the musical involvement of the population.
Ashgate
Hardback
388
2005
Drawing on a series of interviews with musicians aged between fifteen and fifty, Lucy Green explores the nature of pop musicians?» informal learning practices, attitudes and values, the extent to which these altered over the last forty years, and the experiences of the musicians in formal music education. Through a comparison of the characteristics of informal pop music learning with those of more formal music education, the book offers insights into how we might re-invigorate the musical involvement of the population.