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"I had a lot of fun “comparing notes” with these great collectors (Lawrence Joseph, Dan Lander, Donald McGraith, Bill Smith, Alan Stanbridge, Scott Thomson, Vern Weber), and their autobiographies spoke to me at a deep level. Seven opportunities to tell myself that I’m not crazy nor alone! Recommended reading to music maniacs with experimental tendencies."

— Francois Couture, monsieur delire

"... just finished this book and it was awesome. A very interesting take on a music book - more a biography and how folks found new music and got from one thing to another. Highly recommended."
— Bruce Stevens, Psycopompos

Music IS Rapid Transportation: from the Beatles to Xenakis

Editor: Daniel Kernohan

by Lawrence Joseph, Dan Lander, Donal McGraith, Bill Smith, Alan Stanbridge, Scott Thomson & Vern Weber

photos by Gordon Bowbrick, Herb Greenslade & Bill Smith

A truly alternative look at music lists, not one that merely includes the obvious but shows the connections of popular music to the avant garde, the obscure, the experimental, the quirky, and the adventurous. Herein you will find a list of 500 artists from the familiar to the unknown. A list and a guide to musical pleasure sometimes close at hand and sometimes far afield. The book includes biographical essays of the eight contributors describing their musical journeys of discovery and the joy they derived from that exploration. They discuss the merits and dilemmas of collecting, recording versus live performance, the change of media and the future of music. In addition 100 plus artists receive short but detailed personal evaluation.

Music Is Rapid Transportation …from the Beatles to Xenakis

978-1895166040

$21.95

by Lawrence Joseph, Dan Lander, Donal McGraith Bill Smith, Alan Stanbridge, Scott Thomson & Vern Weber.
Photos by Gordon Bowbrick, Herb Greenslade & Bill Smith.
Daniel Kernohan (Editor)

The contributors to Music Is Rapid Transportation come from a variety of backgrounds and their ages span several generations.

Gordon Bowbrick is a Ontario based photographer whose photographs of musicians in performance have appeared on magazine covers, in jazz reviews and articles as well as being currently in use, both online and in print, by various musicians.
Herb Greenslade is photographer for the impressive Suoni per ilPopolo festival. His photos have been published in Europe, US and Canada, and have a presence on the web.
Lawrence Joseph, in addition to being a professor at the McGill Faculty of Medicine, is a musician, radio host and music reviewer. His group, Terminal Sunglasses released the successful album Wrap Around Cool.
Daniel Kernohan co-founded Marginal Distribution and later began Verge Music Distribution, a distributor of over 200 small fine boutique labels. In 1999 he co-founded the record label Spool with partner Vern Weber. Daniel has been nominated for Producer of the Year and Spool for Label of the Year by the National Jazz Awards.
Dan Lander has been a radio host and the editor of 2 books on sound and art: Sound By Artists and Radio Rethink: Art, Sound and Transmission. Among his many musical creations are works for radio and loudspeaker that have been featured in several recordings.
Donal McGraith has produced a number of articles on music and art for the magazines Musicworks and Sub Rosa. Several of his articles on music will be included in the upcoming The Wild & The Free: Shane, Copyright, Censorship & Oppositional Culture (2011, Charivari Press).
Bill Smith is a BC based musician, writer, editor, graphic designer, photographer, and record and film producer. Among his impressive list of credits are the co-creation and running of Coda Magazine, Sackville Recordings and its subsidiary label Onari Records. His biographic novel, Rant & Dawdle, will be published by Charivari Press in 2011.
Alan Stanbridge is an Associate Professor in Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed in graduate programs in Music and Museum Studies. He has published numerous articles on music and is currently working on a book entitled Rhythm Changes: Jazz, Culture, Discourse (Routledge).
Scott Thomson is a Toronto based trombonist and composer. He has studied with Roswell Rudd, Eddie Prevost, and John Oswald. He leads the quintet, The Rent. Scott has numerous recordings to his credit. As well, he was a founding board member of the Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto and was Artistic Director of performance space, Somewhere There.
Vern Weber is based in British Columbia where he teaches and works with newcomers to Canada. He was co-creator and manager of the acclaimed music label Spool. Spool’s releases have received wide critical acclaim and as well as promoting promising young Canadian talent.

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