ISBN:
9783030445874
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (259 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
780.2373
Keywords:
Popular Social Sciences
;
Media Sociology
;
Sociology of Work
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- The Ideology of Getting Signed -- My Approach -- Record Contracts -- Making It, Breaking In, Blowin' Up: The Ideology Is Everywhere -- The Book Going Forward -- Bibliography -- Part I -- 2 Record Contracts: Ideology in Action -- Alienation and Ideology -- Ideology as Action -- Material Relations of Production in the Recording Industry -- Institutions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Copyright Enclosure -- Musical Instruments and the Means of Musical Production -- Labor Theory of Value -- Land Enclosures -- Creating Intellectual Property -- Contracts and Copyrights -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 The Digital Turn: Music Business as Usual -- Positioning Musicians in the Music Industry -- From Bar Gigs to Social Media -- Alternatives -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5 On Competition in Music -- Competition in American Society -- Competition as Unique to Music and Other Entertainment Fields -- Winning/Losing -- Battle of the Bands -- Competition Between Musicians, Not Labels -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II -- 6 We're Getting the Band Back Together: Social Cohesion and Solidarity in Bands -- Division of Labor -- Solidarity -- Marx -- Strained Solidarity: A New Model of the Division of Labor -- Solace: A Case Study of Strained Solidarity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7 The Voice:Popular Culture and the Perpetuation of Ideology -- The Show -- Precarity -- Ideology -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 8 Conning the Dream: Musical Showcase as Confidence Game -- The Music Showcase -- The Performers -- Winning/Losing -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9 Conclusion -- Techno-Utopian Mantras -- Label Resources -- Thinking of an Alternative -- Bibliography -- Index.
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