Lipsynching
- Author: Snell, Merrie
Engages with the phenomenon from a variety of different perspectives ... Snell covers interesting historical and technical material
Lipsynching
- Author: Snell, Merrie
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Engages with the phenomenon from a variety of different perspectives ... Snell covers interesting historical and technical material
About
What does it mean when a singing voice is detached from an originating body through recording? And how does this affect consumers of recorded song? This book examines the practice of lipsynching to pre-recorded song in both professional and vernacular contexts, covering over a century of diverse artistic practices from early cinema through to the current popularity of self-produced internet lipsynching videos. It examines the ways in which we listen to, respond to, and use recorded music, not only as a commodity to be consumed but as a culturally-sophisticated and complex means of identification, a site of projection, introjection, and habitation, and, through this, a means of personal and collective creativity.
Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction 1. Locating the Disembodied Voice 2. Lipsynching to Conceal 3. Lipsynching to Express 4. Lipsynching to Start Your Day: The Soundtracked Life Final Reflections and Participant Observation: Or, I Was a Middle-aged Lipsynching Star Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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Engages with the phenomenon from a variety of different perspectives ... Snell covers interesting historical and technical material
