{"product_id":"the-voice-in-the-headphones-9781478008132","title":"The Voice in the Headphones","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe voice in the headphones says, \"you're rolling\" . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Voice in the Headphones\u003c\/i\u003e is an experiment in music writing in the form of a long poem centered on the culture of the recording studio. It describes in intricate, prismatic detail one marathon day in a recording studio during which an unnamed musician struggles to complete a film soundtrack. The book extends the form of Grubbs's previous volume \u003ci\u003eNow that the audience is assembled\u003c\/i\u003e, sharing its goal of musicalizing the language of writing about music. Mulling the insight that \"studio is the absence of pushback\"-now that no audience is assembled-\u003ci\u003eThe Voice in the Headphones\u003c\/i\u003e details one musician's strategies for applying the requisite pressure to the proceedings, for making it count. \u003ci\u003eThe Voice in the Headphones\u003c\/i\u003e is both a literary work and a meditation on sound recording, delivered at a moment in which the commercial recording studio shades into oblivion. It draws upon Grubbs's own history of several decades as a recording artist, and its location could be described as every studio in which he has set foot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478008132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"David Grubbs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334064963765,"sku":"9781478008132","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_50b0cac9-c7e7-4f24-b3df-0d07e285b30f.jpg?v=1752583517","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-voice-in-the-headphones-9781478008132","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}