Music in the market / Don Cusic.

Author/creator Cusic, Don
Format Book
Publication InfoBowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1996.
Descriptionviii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Music and popular culture -- Watching the money flow -- Artists and management -- The record label -- Retailers and record companies -- Radio and record labels -- Publicity and advertising in the media -- Independent labels and specialty music -- Technology, special marketing, and discography.
Abstract Here is a detailed overview of the business of popular music. No study of popular music--its artists, recordings, and songs--is complete without perspective on the companies that deliver this music to the public. The author shows how the music business fits into popular culture and exactly how popular music is disseminated in the American commercial market. This book explores the relationship of popular music and popular culture, the money flow, talent acquisition and development, artwork and promotion, and the strategies of multinational recording companies as they market music to consumers through media and retailers. In addition, the book discusses the marketing of specialty musics, such as classical, gospel, jazz, bluegrass, rap, and folk, by small, independent labels. Students and scholars of popular culture, as well as fans of popular music, will find this book invaluable as it explains how music becomes part of our lives from the perspective of the music business. To understand the music business is to understand the link between artists, market, and consumers.
Local noteLittle-316827--305131016826-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index.
LCCN 95047158
ISBN0879726938 (clothbound)
ISBN0879726946 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3790 .C87 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold