What's the buzz?: Rethinking the meanings and uses of alcohol and other drugs among small‐timerock ‘n’ roll musicians

Groce, Stephen B.

doi:10.1080/01639625.1991.9967886

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“…Indeed, research has shown evidence that musical preferences and substance use are linked (Bogt et al, 2012;Miller & Quigley, 2011;Winstock, Griffiths, & Stewart, 2001). The extent to which substance use is linked to musical sophistication is less known, though qualitative studies suggests that recreational drug use and alcohol can enhance the perceptual abilities, emotional experience, and creativity of musicians, especially in the jazz and rock genres (Groce, 1991;Grønnerød, 2002;Singer & Mirhej, 2006). Because data on substance use was available in the national survey, we chose to address this topic by examining whether frequency of recreational drug and alcohol use was associated with musical sophistication.…”

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Personality predicts musical sophistication

Greenberg

Müllensiefen

Lamb

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Journal of Research in Personality

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a b s t r a c tThere is little research on the role of personality in musical expertise. We address this gap in the literature by using data from a large national study (N = 7870) to examine how scores on 10 facets of the Big Five dimensions of personality predicted self-reported musical sophistication and performance on two behavioral tests (melodic memory and rhythm perception). Personality predicted musical sophistication even after controlling for demographic variables and musicianship, with Openness to Aesthetics the best trait predictor. Substance use also predicted musical sophistication for various subscales and the behavioral tests. These findings replicated in both musician and non-musician subgroups.

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Personality predicts musical sophistication

Greenberg

Müllensiefen

Lamb

et al. 2015

Journal of Research in Personality

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“…In his book Outsiders (1963), Howard Becker noted jazz musicians' tolerance for all sorts of deviant behaviors, with little judgment or overt social control (see also Groce 1991; Tunnel and Groce 1998). This attitude can be seen in festivalgoers' behaviors and responses.…”

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The Portable Community: Mobility and Modernization in Bluegrass Festival Life

Gardner

2004

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Drawing from six years of ethnographic field research, I examine participants' involvement in bluegrass music and festival culture in the American West. Participants left their community-starved home neighborhoods to cultivate what I refer to as "portable communities": temporary forms of mobile gemeinschaft community that participants found in multiple settings. Festivalgoers articulated a consistent vocabulary of intimacy, inclusion, and simplicity when describing their continued involvement in this setting. They described their involvement as driven by a quest for intimate community, open and equal social relations, and simple living, elements they found in short supply in their daily lives. Whereas traditional community forms depend on residential stability, these participants intentionally cultivated and supported alternatives that emerged in response to participants' geographic mobility.

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“…In the most recent study, Stephen B. Groce (1991) analyzes the nature of non-professional and semi-professional rock musicians' work and the meanings and uses of various substances.…”

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“…Influenced both by my own experiences as an amateur bass player in the 1980s and by earlier research, especially that of Becker (1963), Bennet (1980), Groce (1991), and White (1987), I started to study social practices in music-making. What happens, what do the musicians do, how are alcohol and drugs present in musicians' daily activities?…”

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“…By non-professionals I refer to musicians who produce their own music and perform live but do not make a living out of music or play in well-known bands. These kinds of musicians and bands were earlier called locallevel and small-time musicians (Groce 1991) or local groups (Bennet 1980). I also present a brief review of studies of substance use among popular musicians, and of research on nonprofessional rock musicians.…”

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The Use of Alcohol and Cannabis in Non-Professional Rock Bands in Finland

Grønnerød¹

2002

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Using interviews and observations, this article analyzes the practices and meanings of drinking and cannabis use among 32 Finnish non-professional young adult rock musicians, mostly male, in the late J 990s. The practices of drinking and marijuana use are described in certain social contexts, thus showing how substance use and music-making coexist and intertwine. The results illustrate a tight and complex, yet contradictory, connection between music-making and substances. Drinking is experienced as an unavoidable part of amateur band life. The article also presents a brief review of studies of substance use among popular musicians and of research on non-professional rock musicians. Although these two fields have remained relatively separate, it is argued that a closer connection between them would provide new, more complex insights into the everday life of musicians and into gendered processes in rock music.

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What's the buzz?: Rethinking the meanings and uses of alcohol and other drugs among small‐timerock ‘n’ roll musicians

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Personality predicts musical sophistication

Personality predicts musical sophistication

The Portable Community: Mobility and Modernization in Bluegrass Festival Life

The Use of Alcohol and Cannabis in Non-Professional Rock Bands in Finland

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