Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion

Experiencing Billy Joel analyzes each of Joel s albums, laying out their appeal to musicians and non-musicians alike while exploring the production styles that have characterized Joel s development in the recording studio. Along the way, author Thomas MacFarlane outlines how Billy Joel s recorded works as a whole serve as the foundation for a complex and enduring musical legacy. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume gives readers an enhanced experience of key works by exploring the environments in which the works were written and first performed as well as the environments in which the works are enjoyed today."

• | Author: Thomas MacFarlane
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: Sep 29, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1442257687
• | ISBN-13: 9781442257689