Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models
Examining the differences between presentational and participatory music, this paper explores the importance of jam sessions as hybrid participatory-presentational performance models and collective musical practices. As such, they display democratic and hierarchic devices that produce complex social...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
2014-01-01
|
| Series: | IASPM Journal |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/639/pdf |
| _version_ | 1828521456710975488 |
|---|---|
| author | Josep Pedro |
| author_facet | Josep Pedro |
| author_sort | Josep Pedro |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Examining the differences between presentational and participatory music, this paper explores the importance of jam sessions as hybrid participatory-presentational performance models and collective musical practices. As such, they display democratic and hierarchic devices that produce complex social and cultural settings, providing particular frameworks for community gathering and interaction between the different participants. Based on my field research in Madrid’s blues scene, where jam sessions have proliferated widely, I will discuss two significant and distinct jams that take place every Sunday. The aim is to practically analyse what type of musical experiences and relationships they produce, considering the significance of the blues genre production and the underground status of the scene. I intend to broaden the academic interpretation of jam sessions, suggesting hybridity as a theoretical framework for analysing the social life of situated live music experiences in different genres. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-11T19:49:10Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-3e7b99ee075b47e4bfe7ac8fc6c612f9 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2079-3871 2079-3871 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-11T19:49:10Z |
| publishDate | 2014-01-01 |
| publisher | International Association for the Study of Popular Music |
| record_format | Article |
| series | IASPM Journal |
| spelling | doaj.art-3e7b99ee075b47e4bfe7ac8fc6c612f92022-12-22T00:52:49ZengInternational Association for the Study of Popular MusicIASPM Journal2079-38712079-38712014-01-0141738610.5429/2079-3871(2014)v4i1.6enJam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance ModelsJosep Pedro0Universidad Complutense de MadridExamining the differences between presentational and participatory music, this paper explores the importance of jam sessions as hybrid participatory-presentational performance models and collective musical practices. As such, they display democratic and hierarchic devices that produce complex social and cultural settings, providing particular frameworks for community gathering and interaction between the different participants. Based on my field research in Madrid’s blues scene, where jam sessions have proliferated widely, I will discuss two significant and distinct jams that take place every Sunday. The aim is to practically analyse what type of musical experiences and relationships they produce, considering the significance of the blues genre production and the underground status of the scene. I intend to broaden the academic interpretation of jam sessions, suggesting hybridity as a theoretical framework for analysing the social life of situated live music experiences in different genres.https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/639/pdfjam sessionmadridbluespresentationalparticipatoryperformance |
| spellingShingle | Josep Pedro Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models IASPM Journal jam session madrid blues presentational participatory performance |
| title | Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models |
| title_full | Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models |
| title_fullStr | Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models |
| title_short | Jam Sessions in Madrid’s Blues Scene: Musical Experience in Hybrid Performance Models |
| title_sort | jam sessions in madrid s blues scene musical experience in hybrid performance models |
| topic | jam session madrid blues presentational participatory performance |
| url | https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/639/pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT joseppedro jamsessionsinmadridsbluesscenemusicalexperienceinhybridperformancemodels |