Virtuality has entered our lives making anything we desire possible. We are, as Gorillaz
once sang, in an exciting age where'the digital won't let [us] go...'Technology has
revolutionized music, especially in the 21st century where the traditional rules and
conventions of music creation, consumption, distribution, promotion, and performance have
been erased and substituted with unthinkable and exciting methods in which absolutely
anyone can explore, enjoy, and participate in creating and listening to music. Virtual Music …

Sound, Music and Image in the Digital Era, Shara Rambarran offers a unique contribution to
these conversations. In this highly readable monograph, Rambarran illustrates how popular
music technologies are shaped by cultural and industrial forces through a wide variety of
case studies, from video game soundtracks to gender-bending disco icon Grace Jones.
Throughout the book, Rambarran takes a particular interest in “why, when we hear and view
music, there are aspects of the creation in which we are reminded of the past” and how …