In Concert

Musical performance is a social interaction between musicians and their audiences, appealing as much to the eye as to the ear. In In Concert Philip Auslander addresses not only the visual means by which musicians engage their audiences through costume and physical gesture, but also spectacular aspects of performance such as light shows.

Modul conventional de a intelege ce fac muzicienii ca interpreti este sa-i trateze ca pe producatori de sunet; unii sustin chiar ca nu este necesar sa vezi muzicieni in performanta atata timp cat ii auzi. Dar spectacolul muzical, contracareaza Philip Auslander, este, de asemenea, o interactiune sociala intre muzicieni si publicul lor, atragand atat la ochi, cat si la ureche.