Getting Signed Record Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society

But in Getting Signed, sociologist David Arditi shines his well-honed critical gaze on the venality of the pop music industry, showing how even a record contract struck in good faith can be a dream-killing Faustian bargain for most musical artists.” —David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arditi, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Part I
  • Chapter 2: Record Contracts: Ideology in Action
  • Chapter 3: Copyright Enclosure
  • Chapter 4: The Digital Turn: Music Business as Usual
  • Chapter 5: On Competition in Music
  • Part II
  • Chapter 6: We’re Getting the Band Back Together
  • Chapter 7: The Voice: Popular Culture and the Perpetuation of Ideology
  • Chapter 8: Conning the Dream
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion