Exploring the Networked Worlds of Popular Music: Milieux Cultures (Routledge Advances in Sociology) - Hardcover

Webb, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415956587 ISBN 13: 9780415956581

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

This book provides an `insider’ view of worlds of popular music. It shows the relationship between music, creativity, ideas and localities by looking at cities, independents, genre, globalization and musician’s relationships with each other. Webb examines groups of musicians, audiences and people involved in the music industry and shows the articulation of their position as well as how to understand this theoretically by looking at the city as a centre for music production; the industrial music inspired neo-folk genre; independence and its various meanings as a productive position in the music industry; the globalization of music; and musicians own narratives about working together and dealing with the industry. Utilizing case studies of a variety of different cities -- Bristol, London, New York, San Francisco, Berlin -- and genres -- Trip-hop, Hip-hop, Industrial, Neo-folk -- this volume is a landmark in popular music studies.

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About the Author

Peter Webb is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415956587
• ISBN 13: 9780415956581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288