American philosopher of music who developed an account of rock music as an art of recordings rather than performances — challenging standard performance-type ontologies of musical works.
Rhythm and Noise: rock music is ontologically an art of recordings — rock musicians create recorded objects, not performance types; this changes the whole framework for understanding rock aesthetics. Listening to Popular Music: analysis of aesthetic appreciation of popular genres.
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