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"The Music Industry is a lucid and astute overview of what has happened to popular music since the mp3 met the Internet at the birth of Napster. It is the first scholarly book to make real sense of the present state of the music industry. By looking at the contemporary landscape of popular music from multiple perspectives, including the fan perspective, Patrik Wikstrom provides clear explanations for the consequences new digital media have had for music, musicians, and the recording industry."
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Patrik Wikstrom does a brilliant job of explaining the wide–ranging digital–driven changes taking place in the popular music industry. Until recently it was controlled by a very few multinational corporations, but now artists, independent producers, and fans are freer to create the musicscapes they desire."
Richard Peterson, Vanderbilt University
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The music industry is going through a period of immense change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of music in the age of computers and the internet? How has the music industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future?
This is the first major study of the music industry in the new millennium. Wikström provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of global entertainment. They illuminate the workings of the music industry, and capture the dynamics at work in the production of musical culture between the transnational media conglomerates, the independent music companies and the public.
The Music Industry will become a standard work on the music industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of media and communication studies, cultural studies, popular music, sociology and economics. It will also be of great value to professionals in the music industry, policy makers, and to anyone interested in the future of music.
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Format:Paperback
Wikström has written an accessible and insightful overview of how the music industry has changed over the past few decades, characterising the current industry as a 'copyright industry' which has grappled with digital distribution and, in many ways, succeeded where film and television have yet to flourish. The book champions the fans and those musicians who have experiments with new distribution models, such as the Nine Inch Nails, but is balanced enough to give a good sense of why the industry has had real trouble adapting to the realities of digital distribution and the challenges of peer to peer technologies. A great overview, suitable for a generalist reader.
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This book started out well. The introduction made an important distinction between the old and the new and chapter 1 explained copyrights as well as different definitions of the music industry. However after this chapter I started to lose interest. Although the research is well done and facts are well documented, the author never really makes a clear point. This is simply a book that gives a detailed account of what happened, what is presently going on, and what might happen. Unlike David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard's book 'The future of music' which offers several solutions, this book is merely an overview of important academic discussions over the years.
Although I applaud most of the research, I question some of it. The use of Porter's 5 forces in order to analyse the music industry read like a marketing 101 lesson, and Chapter 5 (the social and creative fan) was basically a detailed repetition of previously discussed information. Also, his rejection of Kusek and Leonhard's metaphor of music as water is laughable (he even gets the authors name wrong!). Not only does it suggest that he didn't understand what they were talking about, but it also slightly discredits him early on in the book since he seemingly rejects the possibility that NO ONE will want to pay for music if they can get it for free (even if it is a 'service').
In addition, the style of writing leaves a bit to be desired. Some basic mistakes such as I's instead of we's (on p.155: 'Mainly I are dealing with...' and 'it just looks like I are anti every new...', both on the same page!), and some sentences are poorly structured (Again on p.155: Music industry decision-makers are well aware of the damage that their efforts to regain the distribution control cause to their already injured reputation). The conclusions of every chapter were weak: "This chapter discussed...I have looked at how...I continued with...in the next chapter I will discuss... . Really????? The author seems unable to stick to a specific style of writing which is either academic or story-telling. These simple mistakes discredit the author as well as distract the reader.
In conclusion, this was a hit and miss for me. Some sections were really interesting while others felt like space fillers. There's a lot of repetition and if you can look past the style of writing and spelling mistakes, you might thoroughly enjoy this book. However if you want an in-depth book about the history of the music industry, read Steve Knopper's 'Appetite for self-destruction' and if you want to read about where music is going and creative solutions that address its current state, read Kusek and Leonhard's book.
Although I applaud most of the research, I question some of it. The use of Porter's 5 forces in order to analyse the music industry read like a marketing 101 lesson, and Chapter 5 (the social and creative fan) was basically a detailed repetition of previously discussed information. Also, his rejection of Kusek and Leonhard's metaphor of music as water is laughable (he even gets the authors name wrong!). Not only does it suggest that he didn't understand what they were talking about, but it also slightly discredits him early on in the book since he seemingly rejects the possibility that NO ONE will want to pay for music if they can get it for free (even if it is a 'service').
In addition, the style of writing leaves a bit to be desired. Some basic mistakes such as I's instead of we's (on p.155: 'Mainly I are dealing with...' and 'it just looks like I are anti every new...', both on the same page!), and some sentences are poorly structured (Again on p.155: Music industry decision-makers are well aware of the damage that their efforts to regain the distribution control cause to their already injured reputation). The conclusions of every chapter were weak: "This chapter discussed...I have looked at how...I continued with...in the next chapter I will discuss... . Really????? The author seems unable to stick to a specific style of writing which is either academic or story-telling. These simple mistakes discredit the author as well as distract the reader.
In conclusion, this was a hit and miss for me. Some sections were really interesting while others felt like space fillers. There's a lot of repetition and if you can look past the style of writing and spelling mistakes, you might thoroughly enjoy this book. However if you want an in-depth book about the history of the music industry, read Steve Knopper's 'Appetite for self-destruction' and if you want to read about where music is going and creative solutions that address its current state, read Kusek and Leonhard's book.
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I wrote my Master thesis in User Experience and Business Models in Music and provided an overview of the changes that have occurred during the last decade. This book was my number one go-to reference. A very well documented, pertinent, valuable and accessible overview of the mechanisms and entities in the music industry today, most of which are put in an economic, legal and historical context. Clear explanations, very enlightening, documented with detailed examples. Worth every penny you spend on it.
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Excellent and up-to-date
This book is great. It's very up to date as far as other music industry/business books are concerned. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tannah
The best start for those wanting to know the state of the industy
Patrick Wikström's book is extremly well-written, and he strikes just the right balance between being brief and precise. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ask Kæreby Hartvigsen
Good read
This is a good read no doubt. Just the ticket I needed for my research into the modern day music industry. Read more
Published 13 months ago by trak
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