Hip-hop DJs and the evolution of technology
Subtitle: cultural exchange, innovation, and democratization
By: André Sirois
Series: Popular culture & everyday life -- v. 27; Popular culture & everyday life -- v. 27.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781433123375; 9781433123368
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Music and technology; Technological innovations; Turntablism; Hip-hop; Disc jockeys
Description: Stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. And, more importantly, an exploration into how DJs have impacted the evolution of technology.
Notes: "Glossary": pages 197-200.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Re-coding sound technology and the vinyl archive; title: Exchange and rights in the DJ product industry : Technics and Vestax Corporation; title: Exchange and rights in the DJ product industry : Rane Corporation and Serato Audio Research; title: The hip-hop DJ as intellectual property : research and development; title: The hip-hop DJ as intellectual property : branding, endorsement, and the nature of convergence; title: Scratching the digital itch and the cultural negotiation of DVS.