Name: Muse-Sick: A Music Manifesto In Fifty-Nine Notes
Brand: Ian Brennan

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9781629639093

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2021-10-14

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Ian Brennan

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pm press

PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries. Founded at the end of 2007 by a small collection of individuals with extensive publishing, media, and organizing experience, PM Press has been dedicated to bringing thought-provoking and boundary-pushing content to its audience. With a diverse catalog that includes books, pamphlets, CDs, and DVDs on various topics ranging from social justice to art activism.

The co-conspirators at PM Press have published and distributed numerous works that challenge conventional narratives and inspire critical thinking. Their *literature* collection encompasses a wide range of subjects such as radical politics, social movements, labor history, gender studies,and more. They are committed to amplifying voices often marginalized or ignored by mainstream publishers.

In addition to their impressive literary offerings,PMPress also boasts an eclectic selection of *music CDs*. From punk rock anthems to folk ballads infused with revolutionary spirit,the label showcases artists who use their craft as a tool for social change. By supporting musicians whose lyrics reflect their commitment to justice and equality,PMPress encourages listeners to engage critically with the world around them.

Grammy-winning music producer, Ian Brennan's seventh book, Muse-Sick: a music manifesto in fifty-nine notes, acts as a primer on how mass production and commercialisation have corrupted the arts. Broken down into a series of core points and actions plans, Muse-Sick is a concise and affordable pocket primer follow-up to Brennan's two previous music missives, How Music Dies (or Lives): Field Recording and the Battle for Democracy in the arts and Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth. Popular culture has woven itself into the social fabric of our lives, penetrating people's homes and haunting their psyche through images and earworm hooks. Justice, at most levels, is something that the average citizen might have little influence upon leaving us feeling helpless and complacent. But pop music is a neglected arena where some change can concretely occur by exercising active and thoughtful choices to reject the low-hanging, omnipresent commercialized and pre-packaged fruit, we begin to re-balance the world, one engaged listener at a time. In fifty-nine concise and clear points, Brennan reveals how corporate media has constricted local culture and individual creativity, leading to a lack of diversity within diversity. Muse-Sick's narrative portions are driven and made corporeal via the author s ongoing field-recording chronicles with widely disparate groups, such as the Sheltered Workshop Singers. Marilena Umuhoza Delli's striking photographs accompany and bring to life each tale. As John Waters says: I didn't think it was possible to write a shocking book about music anymore. But Brennan has.

Muse-Sick: A Music Manifesto In Fifty-Nine Notes

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