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Philip AuslanderPhilip Auslander, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the Tonic, February 13, article, “This Is What LSD Does to a Musician’s Creative Process.” The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Excerpt:
Coltrane is one of many artists whose music is thought to be influenced by LSD. The most famous examples are perhaps The Beatles, who discovered the drug that same year in London soon before writing Sergeant Pepper, and The Beach Boys, who released the psychedelic-inspired Pet Sounds in 1966. This psychedelic rock genre often drew from Coltrane, says Philip Auslander, professor at the school of literature, media, and communication at Georgia Institute of Technology. It was characterized by improvisation jams, strange imagery, experimentation, inconsistent rhythms, discordant harmonies, abrupt changes in timbre, and general defiance of convention.
For the full article, visit the Tonic website.
