Dub

By Michael Veal,

Book cover of Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae

Book description

When Jamaican recording engineers Osbourne "King Tubby" Ruddock, Errol Thompson, and Lee "Scratch" Perry began crafting "dub" music in the early 1970s, they were initiating a musical revolution that continues to have worldwide influence. Dub is a sub-genre of Jamaican reggae that flourished during reggae's "golden age" of the late…


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1 author picked Dub as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Veal’s book changed the way that I thought about writing about music. The detailed analysis and academic approach made me realize that it was possible to write about the music that I love in a professional way. 

After reding this book I applied for graduate school with the distinct goal of publishing on Jamaican music.  I read this book and fell back in love with ethnographic research and the music that I was playing. It also inspired me to write and produce a song related to all of the greats of the genre.

A must-read. 

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