MUSC 113: Introduction to Music Studies

Donald Passman leads novices and experts alike through what has been the most profound change in the music business since the days of wax cylinders and piano rolls. For the first time in history, music is no longer monetized by selling something--it's monetized by how many times listeners stream a song. And that completely changes the ecosystem of the business, as Passman explains in detail.

Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry.

This book explores why widespread predictions of the radical transformation in the recording industry did not materialise. Although the growing revenue generated from streaming signals the recovery of the digital music business, it is important to ask to what extent is the current development a response to digital innovation.

This title highlights the economic principles that govern the music business as an economic good protected by copyright law. The book examines the core sectors of the industry - music publishing, sound recording, the live music market, and secondary markets such as advertising and merchandising - and shows how they operate together.

This is David Byrne's incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological. "How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual"--The Boston Globe

In this book, Timothy D. Taylor explores just how pervasively capitalism has shaped music over the last few decades. Examining changes in the production, distribution, and consumption of music, he offers an incisive critique of the music industry's shift in focus from creativity to profits, as well as stories of those who are laboring to find and make musical meaning in the shadows of the mainstream cultural industries.

Against widespread hype about the purported decline of the major music labels, this book provides a critique of the ways these companies have successfully adapted to digital challenges - and what is at stake for music makers and for culture.

Introduction. The Future of Music has Arrived -- "Blame it on the Machines" : Historical Placings of Digital Virtual Music -- "Technology gives you everything immediately..." : A Brief Critical Discussion on the Digital Virtual -- "We are Musical Makers" : The Experimental and Digital Virtual Trademarks of Genre and Style -- "Give Life Back to Music" : Remixing Music -- "The Game has Changed" : Video Game Music -- "Living in a Fantasy" : Performers and Identity -- "Showroom Dummies" : Live and Simulated Performers, Performances, and Audiences -- "Take Control" : Creators, Fans, and the Internet -- "Digital Witness" : Online Communities, Networking, and Virality -- Conclusion. Rewind or After the Future?