The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age

by Brian J. Hracs (Editor), Michael Seman (Editor), Tarek E. Virani (Editor)

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.

292 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 2015

Reviews

[Sara Avi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. It's a collection of essays/ research studies about the music sector in the digital age. They talk about the economics of the music industry, the effect of technologies, actors & players within the sector, festivals, live shows, and music locality.

The book mentions a few case studies and references a number of relevant texts by Becker, Bourdeau, Hesmondalgh, Florida...etc.

I loved the themes of cultural capital and music consumption. I particularly enjoyed reading the chapter about translocality and the resilience of the music scene in Daltson.

I'm highly considering citing this book in my graduate dissertation.