https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48282 Toggle navigationLogo Oapen * * Search Join * Deposit Toggle navigation Toggle navigation * For Librarians * For Publishers * For Researchers * Funders * Resources * OAPEN * For Librarians * For Publishers * For Researchers * Funders * Resources * OAPEN View Item * OAPEN Home * View Item * OAPEN Home * View Item JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it. Gear Acquisition Syndrome Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music Thumbnail [i_pdf] Download[i_pdf] PDF Viewer Author(s) Herbst, Jan-Peter cc Menze, Jonas Language English Show full item record Abstract "Gear Acquisition Syndrome, also known as GAS, is commonly understood as the musicians' unrelenting urge to buy and own instruments and equipment as an anticipated catalyst of creative energy and bringer of happiness. For many musicians, it involves the unavoidable compulsion to spend money one does not have on gear perhaps not even needed. The urge is directed by the belief that acquiring another instrument will make one a better player. This book pioneers research into the complex phenomenon named GAS from a variety of disciplines, including popular music studies and music technology, cultural and leisure studies, consumption research, sociology, psychology and psychiatry. The newly created theoretical framework and empirical studies of online communities and offline music stores allow the study to consider musical, social and personal motives, which influence the way musicians think about and deal with equipment. As is shown, GAS encompasses a variety of practices and psychological processes. In an often life-long endeavour, upgrading the rig is accompanied by musical learning processes in popular music." URI https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48282 Keywords Gear Acquisition Syndrome, GAS, THEORY, musician, popular music studies, music technology, consumption research ISBN 9781862181847, 9781862181847 Publisher University of Huddersfield Press Publisher website https://unipress.hud.ac.uk/ Publication date and place Huddersfield, 2021 Classification Music Music: styles and genres Musical instruments Music industry Educational: Music Pages 284 Rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ * Imported or submitted locally [ ] (*)Search OAPEN ( )This Collection Browse All of OAPENSubjectsPublishersLanguagesCollections My Account LoginRegister Export Repository metadata Logo Oapen * For Librarians * For Publishers * For Researchers * Funders * Resources * OAPEN Newsletter * Subscribe to our newsletter * view our news archive Follow us on * * License * If not noted otherwise all contents are available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Credits * logo EU * This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352. OAPEN is based in the Netherlands, with its registered office in the National Library in The Hague. Director: Niels Stern Address: OAPEN Foundation Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 2595 BE The Hague Postal address: OAPEN Foundation P.O. Box 90407 2509 LK The Hague Websites: OAPEN Home: www.oapen.org OAPEN Library: library.oapen.org DOAB: www.doabooks.org Export search results The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Differen formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format. A logged-in user can export up to 15000 items. If you're not logged in, you can export no more than 500 items. To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export. After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format. Close