Baghdad Music Journal
A Soldier’s Move toward Technology in Music
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20486332 |
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| Authors | William A Thompson IV (William A. Thompson IV (musician), P.O. Box 19694, New Orleans, LA 70179, U.S.A.. Website: .), William A Thompson (0000-0003-1306-9034, University of New Orleans, corresponding author), Jeffrey M Albert (0000-0003-2245-1745, Loyola University New Orleans), Jeffrey Albert (Loyola University New Orleans, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Pages | 68-72 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo Music Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-1215 • E-ISSN: 1531-4812 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/lmj_a_00938 |
| OpenAlex | W2240745064 |
| Language | EN |
The author was deployed to Iraq as a member of the U.S. Army National Guard in April 2004. He left his acoustic piano roots and embraced electronic music as a way to stay involved with music during his deployment. While deployed in Iraq, Thompson recorded and released a CD entitled Baghdad Music Journal (BMJ). The soldier’s recording was made and released while he was deployed to an active war zone and is a document of his experience. Describing his time in Iraq, he discusses how it has changed his musical practice
Art · Art history · Musical · National guard · Piano · Political science · Software deployment · Visual arts · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Engineering · History · Literature, Musicology, and Cultural Analysis · Musicians’ Health and Performance
| Highly cited | No |
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