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View article: Licensed to Rock (or so they say). How Popular Music Programmes at Higher Music Education Institutions Create Professional Musicians
Licensed to Rock (or so they say). How Popular Music Programmes at Higher Music Education Institutions Create Professional Musicians Open
Due to technological innovations, the music industries have become more accessible for outsiders over the past two decades. Yet, over the same period we have seen an increasing number of popular music programmes at higher music education i…
View article: Making it big in live music: a multilevel analysis of careers in live music
Making it big in live music: a multilevel analysis of careers in live music Open
Drawing on a dataset following the careers of 214 early-career popular music acts in the Dutch live music industry over a period of eight years, this paper maps trends in the number of live shows early-career acts play and the fees they re…
View article: Valuing value in urban live music ecologies: negotiating the impact of live music in the Netherlands
Valuing value in urban live music ecologies: negotiating the impact of live music in the Netherlands Open
This paper seeks to understand the role of valuing in urban live music ecologies. It explains how multiple actors (e.g. directors of music venues, musicians, policy-makers, and real estate experts) in Dutch live music ecologies negotiate t…
View article: Taking care of business: The routines and rationales of early-career musicians in the Dutch and British music industries
Taking care of business: The routines and rationales of early-career musicians in the Dutch and British music industries Open
This article explores a small sample of musicians in two European musical contexts – the Netherlands and the UK. It examines the relationship between the conditions of national music industries and the strategies used to negotiate a career…
View article: The working life of musicians: mapping the work activities and values of early-career pop musicians in the Dutch music industry
The working life of musicians: mapping the work activities and values of early-career pop musicians in the Dutch music industry Open
This paper explores the working life of early-career musicians after technological innovations transformed the music industry. Based on in-depth interviews, a diary questionnaire study and post-questionnaire interviews with 17 early-career…
View article: Theorizing the production and consumption of live music
Theorizing the production and consumption of live music Open
Over the past decades, different theoretical perspectives have been developed that help to understand the social context in which live music is produced and consumed. Theories from the fields of sociology, cultural st
View article: Theorizing the production and consumption of live music
Theorizing the production and consumption of live music Open
It has become a commonplace to observe that the economic and cultural significance of live music has increased, while the sales of recorded music have declined. With a sense of relief people observe that the physical experience of live mus…