D'Errico, Mike - Push

Push: Software Design and the Cultural Politics of Music Production shows how music software has shaped the production techniques and performance practices of artists working across media, while also providing a model for understanding software as a microcosm for the increasing convergence of globalization, neoliberal capitalism, and techno-utopianism that has come to define our digital lives

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
About the Companion Website
Introduction: Interface Aesthetics
PART ONE: Sonic Architectures
1. Plugin Cultures
2. Monopolies of Competence
3. Terminal Aesthetics
PART TWO: When Hardware Becomes Software
4. Controller Cultures
5. There's an App for That
PART THREE: Software as Gradual Process
6. Worlds of Sound
7. Deep Listening
Conclusion: Invisible Futures
References
Index