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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Kiri
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
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.