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dc.contributor.advisorWeston, Donna
dc.contributor.authorHeiser, Marshall Stuart
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:47:34Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:47:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/3433
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/366950
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this thesis is to explore how adopting a playful approach to contemporary popular music making influences creative flow within that context. In order to achieve this aim three component factors derived from the intersection of the scholarly humour, creativity, and play literature––frame of mind, flow, and playfulness (PF)––have informed a single unifying theme I call the “playful frame of mind.” Contemporary popular music makers live in an era where an over-abundance of affordable technological aids (along with the distribution capabilities of the internet) have created a glut of creative possibilities, and along with it an ever-present risk of cognitive dissonance caused by their “noise.” Such technology brings creative options to all and sundry once reserved for a few rock star elite signed to multinational record companies. It is now possible for every part of the popular music-making process to be performed, or enhanced, within a software context. Nonetheless, popular musicians today still operate according to paradigms largely informed by epoch-changing, post-War recording artists such as Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys. The technology used for doing so may have progressed, but the basic rules (and roles) of the game have remained the same.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsMusic composition
dc.subject.keywordsSixties music
dc.subject.keywordsFifties music
dc.subject.keywordsSeventies music
dc.titleThe Playful Frame of Mind: An Exploration of its Influence upon Creative Flow in a Post-War Popular Music-Making Context
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorLebler, Don
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1471237104203
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gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentQueensland Conservatorium
gro.griffith.authorHeiser, Marshall Stuart


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