Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion

Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion - Hardcover

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Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion - Hardcover

Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion - Hardcover

by Thomas MacFarlane
$93.96
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by Thomas MacFarlane (Author)

Over the course of his career, Billy Joel has released a series of remarkable albums that together chart his journey as an artist from relative obscurity to international success. In Experiencing Billy Joel, musician and writer Thomas MacFarlane explores that musical journey, from Joel's apprenticeship in the Long Island music scene to his experiences in both New York and Los Angeles writing and recording his own unique brand of piano rock and pop.

After achieving a certain degree of musical success in the late 1960s, Joel embarked on a career as a singer-songwriter in the early 1970s. Although his initial albums demonstrated a precocious mastery that helped establish him in the field, his full potential as a recording artist blossomed on The Stranger (1977), created under the guidance of legendary producer Phil Ramone. Subsequent releases explored a variety of musical styles and helped solidify Joel's reputation as one of the most important pop composers of his era.

Experiencing Billy Joel explores each of Joel's albums, laying out their appeal to musicians and non-musicians alike while also exploring the various production styles that have characterized Joel's development in the studio. Along the way, MacFarlane reveals how Billy Joel's recorded works as a whole serve as the foundation for a complex and enduring musical legacy.

Author Biography

Thomas MacFarlane teaches courses in music research and composition at New York University while also working as a composer and a writer. MacFarlane is the author of The Beatles' Abbey Road Medley: Extended Forms in Popular Music and The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding The Electric Age, and has also contributed chapters to various scholarly studies on popular music.

Number of Pages: 198
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: September 29, 2016
ISBN9781442257689
Author Thomas MacFarlane
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers
GenreYoung adult
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages198
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Thomas MacFarlane completed his doctorate at New York University where he currently teaches courses in music composition and arts analysis. In addition to contributing articles and chapters to various popular music studies, his books include The Beatles' Abbey Road Medley: Extended Forms in Popular Music (2007), The Beatles & McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age (2012) and Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion (2016). He has also given lecture presentations and seminars at international venues such as UM Lowell, the University of Glamorgan at Cardiff, and the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

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