Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society

David Arditi

ISBN 10: 3030445860 / ISBN 13: 9783030445867

Edité par Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020

2020. 1st ed. 2020. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9783030445867

Synopsis :

Record contracts have been the goal of aspiring musicians, but are they still important in the era of SoundCloud? Musicians in the United States still seem to think so, flocking to auditions for The Voice and Idol brands or paying to perform at record label showcases in the hopes of landing a deal. The belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead to some measure of success— the “ideology of getting signed,” as Arditi defines it—is alive and well.

Though streaming, social media, and viral content have turned the recording industry upside down in one sense, the record contract and its mythos still persist. Getting Signed provides a critical analysis of musicians’ contract aspirations as a cultural phenomenon that reproduces modes of power and economic exploitation, no matter how radical the route to contract. Working at the intersection of Marxist sociology, cultural sociology, critical theory, and media studies, Arditi unfolds how the ideology of getting signed penetrated an industry, created a mythos of guaranteed success, and persists in an era when power is being redefined in the light of digital technologies.  

À propos de l?auteur:

David Arditi is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, and author of iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Digital Era.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians,...
Éditeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Date d'édition : 2020
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New