Playing along : digital games, YouTube, and virtual performance /
Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-ased music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and pa...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Oxford music/media series.
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Table of Contents:
- Playing Along with Grand theft Auto: Straight outta ganton: virtual tourism, fieldwork, and performance ; Jacking the dial: radio, race, and place in San Andreas.
- Playing Along with Guitar hero and Rock Band: How musical is Guitar Hero? ; Just add performance, staging schizophonia.
- Playing Along With Communities of Practice: Music lessons 2.0 ; Amateur-to-amateur
- Endgame.