Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society
Autor David Arditien Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 sep 2020
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783030445867
ISBN-10: 3030445860
Pagini: 271
Ilustrații: IX, 256 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3030445860
Pagini: 271
Ilustrații: IX, 256 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I.- Chapter 2: Record Contracts: Ideology in Action.- Chapter 3: Copyright Enclosure.- Chapter 4: The Digital Turn: Music Business as Usual.- Chapter 5: On Competition in Music.- Part II.- Chapter 6: We’re Getting the Band Back Together.- Chapter 7: The Voice: Popular Culture and the Perpetuation of Ideology.- Chapter 8: Conning the Dream.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
Recenzii
“Getting Signed deserves to garner interest from researchers, music journalists, and artists alike. Furthermore, through its synthesis of theory and empirical evidence, Getting Signed is a useful text for scholars who are looking to tackle fundamental questions about the unequal relationships of power that lie behind cultural production.” (Jabari Evans, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Vol. 35 (2), June, 2023)
“Getting Signed is a book that builds a powerful critique of one of the biggest and most influential music industries worldwide, unveiling how the ideological motive of getting signed brings individuals to sign their own exploitation in the promise of economic success. … By providing a toolkit of concepts, theories, and empirical evidence, Getting Signed is an important contribution to tackle fundamental questions about the unequal relationships of power that lie behind many of our daily cultural consumptions.” (Luca Carbone, New media & Society, June 7, 2022)
“Getting Signed is a book that builds a powerful critique of one of the biggest and most influential music industries worldwide, unveiling how the ideological motive of getting signed brings individuals to sign their own exploitation in the promise of economic success. … By providing a toolkit of concepts, theories, and empirical evidence, Getting Signed is an important contribution to tackle fundamental questions about the unequal relationships of power that lie behind many of our daily cultural consumptions.” (Luca Carbone, New media & Society, June 7, 2022)
Notă biografică
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.
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“There is a vast gulf between making music for pleasure and making music for money. David Arditi’s Getting Signed intelligently and compellingly captures the difficulty, frustration, and hope felt by musicians as they attempt to enter the realm of the music industry and make money at music.”
—Timothy D. Taylor, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
“Even in our digitized era of streaming media and DIY culture, the seductions of landing a record deal with a cash advance have never been stronger for musicians, singers, rockers, and rappers. But in Getting Signed, sociologist David Arditi shines his well-honed critical gaze on the venality of the pop music industry, showing how even a record contract struck in good faith can be a dream-killing Faustian bargain for most musical artists.”
—David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication and Faculty Director of Urban Studies, University ofPennsylvania, USA
Record contracts have long 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. “The ideology of getting signed”—the belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead to some measure of success—is alive and well, even as streaming, social media, and viral content have turned the recording industry upside down. 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.
—Timothy D. Taylor, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
“Even in our digitized era of streaming media and DIY culture, the seductions of landing a record deal with a cash advance have never been stronger for musicians, singers, rockers, and rappers. But in Getting Signed, sociologist David Arditi shines his well-honed critical gaze on the venality of the pop music industry, showing how even a record contract struck in good faith can be a dream-killing Faustian bargain for most musical artists.”
—David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication and Faculty Director of Urban Studies, University ofPennsylvania, USA
Record contracts have long 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. “The ideology of getting signed”—the belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead to some measure of success—is alive and well, even as streaming, social media, and viral content have turned the recording industry upside down. 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.
Caracteristici
Explores how ideology motivates aspiring musicians to sign even unfavorable contracts and obscures the reality of record contracts Demonstrates how conventional paths to success continue to dominate the popular imagination, even in the face of potentially democratizing digital technologies Provides an ethnographic examination of US-based bands, band members, televisions shows like The Voice and American Idol, and contract showcases