Theory and methodology : music making in a digitalized world. Globalization and digitalization in music ; Theoretical frame ; Methodological approach
Ethnography : musicians from Beirut born during the Lebanese civil war. Experimental music ; Metal music and classic rock ; Urban music ; Rap ; Transnational networks (human hubs) ; Music as a media product ; Musicians as actors
Analysis : six key tracks from Beirut. Zeid Hamdan: Aranis (remixed) ; Garo Gdanian: Remains of a bloodbath ; Mazen Kerbaj : Blblb flblb, Zrrrt, PIIIIIIIIIIII ; Taga of Daga ; Raed Yassin : Civil war tapes ; Charbel Haber : Track 5 : Rayess Bek : Schizophrenia
History : Music and noise in Lebanon from the past and present. Ground setting : the urbanization and Europeanization of music in the Arab world ; Modern music from Cairo, old music from Aleppo ; European music and Christian hymns in Beirut (1926-1948) ; The creation of a Lebanese music (1948-1967) ; Nasserism versus tourism (1952-1967) ; The rise of dissident culture and alternative music (1968-1975) ; Bombs, protest, propaganda and rock music from the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) ; Pan-Arabic pop and the 2006 war
Meaning : reading Lebanese music making from different perspectives. Historical perspectives ; Sociopolitical perspectives ; Geopolitical perspectives ; Psychological perspectives ; Aesthetical perspectives ; Euro-American perspectives.
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Local music scenes and globalization : transnational platforms in Beirut by Thomas Burkhalter. ISBN 9780415808132. Published by Routledge in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
