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A definitive guide to issues of textual analysis, representation and semiotics in popular music. Informed, instructive and refreshingly accessible; it boasts a host of original examples, exercises and invaluable resourcesBill OsgerbyLondon Metropolitan University
David Machin has the gift of explaining complex ideas in clear and direct language that will engage students and enrich their experience of musicTheo Van LeeuwenUniversity of Technology Sydney
Equipped with theories, specific examples, detailed analysis and a useful and concise glossary, Machin's Analysing Popular Music is a useful, practical and manageable toolkit for students with no prior musical knowledge who are interested in multimodal discourse, and for students in sociology, media and communication studies to analyse and appreciate popular music.
This book presents an extremely interesting model for a multimodal analysis of music as a complex text. Machin's examination of the many layers of meanings generated by musical products is original and effective. This will be a very useful resource for students of media and cultural studies, particularly those who are not familiar with the topic. The book will also provide a starting point for reflecting on popular music from a different angle.
Very good, well written, clear and as close to 'relevant' as any printed book can be nowadays!
I found this book an excellent stimulus for the cross-curricular teaching of popular music. The analysis of the artwork on album covers connected popular music to art, advertising, literacy and different cultures. The analysis of the music itself was clear and accessible, particularly to those who may not have a background in musical theory.
This book will definitely be added to the bibliography of the module.
Good starting pint for students trying to understand how to analyse popular music.
Excellent source for students who elect to work on popular music within the course of Cultural Studies, or for those who want to specialize in popular music for their thesis.
Analysing Popular Music: Image, Sound and Text is a book the methods of which is tried at tested with the students who inspired in at the University of Leicester. If you are teaching music to students who have no formal training in musicology but who love the sounds and sights of music, this is the one to have!
Dr. E. Anna Claydon University of Leicester
The course is structured around three major visual communication domains: political campaigning, conflict reporting, and advertising/PR. "Analysing Popular Music" is an essential reading for the sessions dedicated to analyzing music videos as well as viral videos distributed online. It is also most students' first encounter with multimodal analysis.
This book is engaging and informative, and should provide students with an analytical 'tool-kit' to improve their understanding of the complexities of popular music.
Recommended for the following modules:
BA - 2nd year Marcoms BA - 3rd year Advertising BA - 3rd year Branding
MA - Marcoms, Branding and Advertising
An interesting and insightful book, which will help students to consider the role of music in depth. Of particular use to dissertation students
This textbook covers a very contentious debate about the relationship between: (a) popular music &; (b) youth issues. It clearly exposes the strength of such a relationship & discusses ways in which popular music can play a highly positive role in addressing (& overcoming) many problems which many young people can encounter throughout their adolescence,
Just perfect on every level but particularly well broken down and accessible
This is an accessible and informative text, which introduces students to key concepts through the use of varied and relevant contemporary examples.
Clear and accessible introduction to approaches and methods for the analysis of popular music.
fine for beginners!
This is a well informed and clearly structured book with some useful insights that could act as a springboard for further classroom discussions. A really useful book that combines both the musicological and cultural aspects of popular music to enable a well rounded analysis of the form.
I consider this to be an original and useful text for the study of popular music. It is written in a language that is easy to understand (for both musicians and non musicians alike) and has many incredibly useful concepts to inspire future research. I will be asking my library to include the text as supplementary reading on the course, and I will certainly be using the text in my lecture series next semester.
The book seems to fit perfectly into our course "The Aesthetics of Popular Culture in the 20th Century" (undergraduate course for international students); we are, however, planning to construct a new course with special focus on music and popular culture in intermedia studies (also for international students). The new course is due spring 2011. Intermedia studies focus on how meaning is constructed, which means that in order to analyse e.g.
