Brian Eno

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Over the years, numerous musicians have offered alternatives to popular music and have begun a new wave of experimentation. This paper focuses on the composition and production of one of these artists, the contemporary British musician and producer Brian Eno. After looking at how Eno's musical career began in 1972, it then begins to analyse the development of his ambient music genre with particular reference to his solo album "Music For Airports" (1978). It then looks at two of Eno's most successful collaborations, that of David Bowie and U2, while concentrating on his different styles of production for each artist and the effect of his own compositional process on the final outcome.
Outline
Introduction - A Brief History
Eno - Ambiance and Composition
Collaborations - To Influence and Inspire
Working With Bowie
Working With U2
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Bibliography
Discography
Websites

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"Brian Eno is not only known as a musician and producer but also as a composer who is not afraid to draw on the assets of many types of music and musical ideas. He has been described as an artist, professor and a thinker who stretches the confines of rock music with his use of mixing popular genres with experimentation and minimalism. His compositions range from progressive rock to what Eno calls ambient music, where he concentrates on experimenting with the colour of sound and texture, with the use of what he calls his "real instrument" the recording studio. Also using this instrument Brian Eno has collaborated as a co-composer and producer with a large amount of rock and non-rock musicians, resulting in various combinations of styles at different levels of influence. "

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