Rock and pop venues
Subtitle: acoustic and architectural design
By: Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9783642452352
Subjects: Music facilities; Music and architecture; Architectural acoustics
Description: Popular music plays an substantial role in most people's life. The demand and financial revenue of Rock and pop concerts is large and still increasing. Though 80% of the music turnover is done in Rock and Pop Music, books assess only Classical concert and opera houses. However, the requirements for pop music halls are different from classical Music and opera houses. This book closes this gap including the following features: In part one, the book A. Gives a objective methodology to assess Rock and Pop Music Venues B. Shows essential construction details and choices of building materials in the design of new venues or the renovation of old ones. In part two, the book C. Presents a set of famous European rock and pop venues, their architecture, their beauty and their properties. D. These Venues are assessed by a new and comparably simple method to objectively rate halls. Subjective data complete the assessment and give a full picture of the sound quality of a venue.