The economic geography of music is evolving as new digital technologies, organizational forms, market dynamics and consumer behavior continue to restructure the industry. This book is an international collection of case studies examining the spatial dynamics of today's music industry. Drawing on research from a diverse range of cities such as Santiago, Toronto, Paris, New York, Amsterdam, London, and Berlin, this volume helps readers understand how the production and consumption of music is changing at multiple scales - from global firms to local entrepreneurs; and, in multiple settings - from established clusters to burgeoning scenes. The volume is divided into interrelated sections and offers an engaging and immersive look at today's central players, processes, and spaces of music production and consumption. Academic students and researchers across the social sciences, including human geography, sociology, economics, and cultural studies, will find this volume helpful in answering questions about how and where music is financed, produced, marketed, distributed, curated and consumed in the digital age.

About the Author
Brian J. Hracs is a lecturer at the School of Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton, UK. Michael Seman is a senior research associate at the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research. Tarek E. Virani is a post-doctoral research associate at Queen Mary University of London.

Reviews

"The collection's multidisciplinary and multi-perspectival approach to a relatively narrow set of questions is a real strength." - Toby Bennett, Southampton Solent University

"The subject matter of this edited collection is broad in scope and it would be suitable for an academic audience interested in the relationships between digital technologies and the contemporary music marketplace. For readers with an interest in the working lives of music industry actors, this book would prove particularly insightful as this theme is explored widely." - Jack Webster, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

"The collection provides a detailed and valuable overview of how the concerns of geographical study help us understand how the spaces and places of music in a digital era are produced and negotiated by participants. (...) The collection is therefore an important contribution to helping us understand the ambiguities and contradictions to be found in an increasingly technologically mediated experience of musicking." - Sean Albiez, Southampton Solent University

Book Information
ISBN 9781138546417
Author Brian J. Hracs
Format Paperback
Page Count 292
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 500g