Wherever the Sound Takes You

Wherever the Sound Takes You

Author: David Rowell

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2019-04-12

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 022647755X

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David Rowell is a professional journalist and an impassioned amateur musician. He’s spent decades behind a drum kit, pondering the musical relationship between equipment and emotion. In Wherever the Sound Takes You, he explores the essence of music’s meaning with a vast spectrum of players, trying to understand their connection to their chosen instrument, what they’ve put themselves through for their music, and what they feel when they play. This wide-ranging and openhearted book blossoms outward from there. Rowell visits clubs, concert halls, street corners, and open mics, traveling from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland to a death metal festival in Maryland, with stops along the way in the Swiss Alps and Appalachia. His keen reportorial eye treats us to in-depth portraits of musicians from platinum-selling legend Peter Frampton to a devout Christian who spends his days alone in a storage unit bashing away on one of the largest drum sets in the world. Rowell illuminates the feelings that both spur music’s creation and emerge from its performance, as well as the physical instruments that enables their expression. With an uncommon sensitivity and grace, he charts the pleasure and pain of musicians consumed with what they do—as all of us listen in.


Independent Artistry

Independent Artistry

Author: Allen Floyd Perry

Publisher:

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780615794402

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Independent Artistry is a how-to book for aspiring music artists pursuing a career in the entertainment industry independently. After reading this book, artists gain the know-how of establishing a music career by applying the fundamentals of: Songwriting, Brand Development, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, Business Incorporation, Business Finances, Small Business Taxes, Artist Management, Music Publishing, and Music Distribution - the 10 skills of Independent Artistry.


INDEPENDENCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

INDEPENDENCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Author: Innocent Shezi

Publisher: Shezi Entertainment

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13:

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INDEPENDENCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY - A complete guide to assist with the development of Independent music creators, my gift to the South African music industry. More than six years in the making, finally, we have made it happen. Many people know me as a music promoter and artist, but I have a deep passion for music education and helping independent artist who needs guidance. My hope is for this book to assist and simplify how the music business works from the perspective of an independent artist. This third edition is different from the previous two, we have added five new chapters that are core fundamental topics independent music creators need clarity and education on. I also hope that this book will help you more and allow you to have a more hands-on approach to your career as an artist. This book is my way of giving power to music creators and I hope it will be the key to your success and help you grow and be able to achieve your dreams as an artist. - Innocent Shezi


Independent Music and Digital Technology in the Philippines

Independent Music and Digital Technology in the Philippines

Author: Monika E. Schoop

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-04-21

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1315403242

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Since the turn of the century, the impact of digital technologies on the promotion, production and distribution of music in the Philippines has both enabled and necessitated an increase in independent musical practices. In the first in-depth investigation into the independent music scene in the Philippines, Monika E. Schoop exposes and portrays the as yet unexplored restructurings of the Philippine music industries, showing that digital technologies have played an ambivalent role in these developments. While they have given rise to new levels of piracy, they have also offered unprecedented opportunities for artists. The near collapse of the transnational recording industry in the Philippines stands in stark contrast to a thriving independent music scene in the county's national capital region, Metro Manila, which cuts across musical genres and whose members successfully adjust to a rapidly evolving industry scenario. Independent practices have been facilitated by increased access to broadband Internet, the popularity of social media platforms and home recording technology. At the same time, changing music industry structures often leave artists with no other option but to operate independently. Based on extensive fieldwork online and offline, the book explores the diverse and innovative music production, distribution, promotion and financing strategies that have become constitutive of the independent music scene in twenty-first-century Manila.


Understanding the Music Industries

Understanding the Music Industries

Author: Chris Anderton

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-12-14

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1446290794

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Everyone knows music is big business, but do you really understand how ideas and inspiration become songs, products, downloads, concerts and careers? This textbook guides students to a full understanding of the processes that drive the music industries. More than just an expose or ′how to′ guide, this book gives students the tools to make sense of technological change, socio-cultural processes, and the constantly shifting music business environment, putting them in the front line of innovation and entrepreneurship in the future. Packed with case studies, this book: • Takes the reader on a journey from Glastonbury and the X-Factor to house concerts and crowd-funded releases; • Demystifies management, publishing and recording contracts, and the world of copyright, intellectual property and music piracy; • Explains how digital technologies have changed almost all aspects of music making, performing, promotion and consumption; • Explores all levels of the music industries, from micro-independent businesses to corporate conglomerates; • Enables students to meet the challenge of the transforming music industries. This is the must-have primer for understanding and getting ahead in the music industries. It is essential reading for students of popular music in media studies, sociology and musicology.


The Music Sound

The Music Sound

Author: Nicolae Sfetcu

Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu

Published: 2014-05-07

Total Pages: 6042

ISBN-13:

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A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video. Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The traditional or classical European aspects of music often listed are those elements given primacy in European-influenced classical music: melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, and form. A more comprehensive list is given by stating the aspects of sound: pitch, timbre, loudness, and duration. Common terms used to discuss particular pieces include melody, which is a succession of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord, which is a simultaneity of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord progression, which is a succession of chords (simultaneity succession); harmony, which is the relationship between two or more pitches; counterpoint, which is the simultaneity and organization of different melodies; and rhythm, which is the organization of the durational aspects of music.


Media Independence

Media Independence

Author: James Bennett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-11-20

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1317690346

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Media independence is central to the organization, make-up, working practices and output of media systems across the globe. Often stemming from western notions of individual and political freedoms, independence has informed the development of media across a range of platforms: from the freedom of the press as the "fourth estate" and the rise of Hollywood’s Independent studios and Independent television in Britain, through to the importance of "Indy" labels in music and gaming and the increasing importance of independence of voice in citizen journalism. Media independence for many, therefore, has come to mean working with freedom: from state control or interference, from monopoly, from market forces, as well as freedom to report, comment, create and document without fear of persecution. However, far from a stable concept that informs all media systems, the notion of media independence has long been contested, forming a crucial tension point in the regulation, shape, size and role of the media around the globe. Contributors including David Hesmondhalgh, Gholam Khiabany, José van Dijck, Hector Postigo, Anthony Fung, Stuart Allan and Geoff King demonstrate how the notion of independence has remained paramount, but contested, in ideals of what the media is for, how it should be regulated, what it should produce and what working within it should be like. They address questions of economics, labor relations, production cultures, ideologies and social functions.


Artist Management for the Music Business 2e

Artist Management for the Music Business 2e

Author: Paul Allen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1136114777

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Artist Management for the Music Business provides clear in depth information on what to do as an artist manager and how to do it. The book looks at the application of classic management theory to artist management, includes profiles of successful artist managers as well as offering skill development for planning, coaching, and leading.


The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age

The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age

Author: Jim Rogers

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-05-09

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1780931263

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The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age challenges the conventional wisdom that the internet is 'killing' the music industry. While technological innovations (primarily in the form of peer-to-peer file-sharing) have evolved to threaten the economic health of major transnational music companies, Rogers illustrates how those same companies have themselves formulated highly innovative response strategies to negate the harmful effects of the internet. In short, it documents how the radical transformative potential of the internet is being suppressed by legal and organisational innovations. Grounded in a social shaping perspective, The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age contends that the internet has not altered pre-existing power relations in the music industry where a small handful of very large corporations have long since established an oligopolistic dominance. Furthermore, the book contends that widespread acceptance of the idea that online piracy is rampant, and music largely 'free' actually helps these major music companies in their quest to bolster their power. In doing this, the study serves to deflate much of the transformative hype and digital 'deliria' that has accompanied the internet's evolution as a medium for mass communication.