Showing papers in "Popular Music and Society in 2021"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that digital corporations and social media platforms are shaping the changing value and experience of live music, introducing new patterns of commodification, as digital technologies are incorporated into a live experience economy, and live experience integrated into a digital attention economy.
Abstract: This article contributes to histories of live music since digitalization and provides a corrective to the neglect of liveness in scholarship on streaming and platformization. The study argues that digital corporations and social media platforms are shaping the changing value and experience of live music, introducing new patterns of commodification, as digital technologies are incorporated into a live “experience economy,” and live experience integrated into a digital “attention economy.” The article illustrates how platforms are exerting greater influence within the music industries as streaming extends live music from an activity associated with real place to an experience in real time.
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TL;DR: The idea for this special issue of Popular Music and Society was born out of a joint fieldwork project between the University of Cologne, Germany, and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The idea for this special issue of Popular Music and Society was born out of a joint fieldwork project between the University of Cologne, Germany, and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in ...
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TL;DR: This paper investigated how discrete Chinese inflections refract globally resonant hip-hop hip-notes in the Rap of China reality TV show, and analyzed the performances and corpus of lyrics produced on the Reality TV show.
Abstract: Through our analysis of the performances and corpus of lyrics produced on the Reality TV show The Rap of China, we investigate how discrete Chinese inflections refract globally resonant hip...
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TL;DR: The emphasis that child "popera" stars like Charlotte Church, Jackie Evancho, and Amira Willighagen place on the sacred has serious ramifications for opera's meaning in contemporary popular culture.
Abstract: The emphasis that child “popera” stars like Charlotte Church, Jackie Evancho, and Amira Willighagen place on the sacred has serious ramifications for opera’s meaning in contemporary popular culture...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of collective singing and listening in recalling, reconfiguring, and repurposing the memory of antifascism in the current practices of activism and social engage...
Abstract: In this article, I observe the role of collective singing and listening in recalling, reconfiguring, and repurposing the memory of antifascism in the current practices of activism and social engage...
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TL;DR: In 1983, Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, James Watt, decided that rock bands would not perform at the Independence Day celebration that year because they would “attract unwanted elements.” With...
Abstract: In 1983, Ronald Reagan’s Interior Secretary, James Watt, decided that rock bands would not perform at the Independence Day celebration that year because they would “attract unwanted elements.” With...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the relationship between artists' appropriation of digital technology and exe ciency of copyright, and examine how artists use copyright to further their creative ends.
Abstract: How do artists use copyright to further their creative ends? To approach this question, this article focuses on the relationship between artists’ appropriation of digital technology and exe...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors critically engage the ways in which hip-hop artists and scholars have commonly defined authenticity and "the real" in relation to Black male identities with an emphasis on the dominant...
Abstract: This paper critically engages the ways in which hip-hop artists and scholars have commonly defined authenticity and “the real” in relation to Black male identities with an emphasis on the dominant ...
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TL;DR: The authors explored how the most recent works of the German Neue Deutsche Harte band Rammstein express a Vergangenheitsbewaltigung that is not limited to the history of the Nazi regime and divide...
Abstract: This article explores how the most recent works of the German Neue Deutsche Harte band Rammstein express a Vergangenheitsbewaltigung that is not limited to the history of the Nazi regime and divide...
8 citations
TL;DR: This article explored the interplay between center and margin in punk rock produced in California in the late 1970s and early 1980s, focusing on the theme of American exceptionalism, and explored the role of the center and the margin.
Abstract: Focusing on the theme of American exceptionalism, this essay explores the interplay between center and margin in punk rock produced in California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After brief acco...
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TL;DR: In contemporary Chile, the Nueva Cancion Chilena movement has been actively defying the legacy of the neoliberal fascist counterrevolution imposed by the dictatorship as mentioned in this paper, in this context, Manuel...
Abstract: In contemporary Chile the “new” Nueva Cancion Chilena movement has been actively defying the legacyof the neoliberal fascist counterrevolution imposed by the dictatorship.. In this context, Manuel ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how the proliferation of affordable digital tools and the availability of specialist knowledge have affected the mixing stage of metal music productions, asking whether a standard methodology is apparent in producers' use of templates and presets, processing of audio, and choice of tools.
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article explores how the proliferation of affordable digital tools and the availability of specialist knowledge have affected the mixing stage of metal music productions, asking whether a standard methodology is apparent in producers’ use of templates and presets, processing of audio, and choice of tools. Analyzing fifty professional metal mixes on the platform Nail The Mix, the findings suggest that although producers follow a vaguely defined standard methodology for technical reasons, they have leeway for individuality and creativity. Producers freely give insight into their mixing approaches, which likely inspires exploration of new approaches in the metal producer community.
TL;DR: In this paper, a sociocultural and musicological perspective on the question of how and whereby adolescents negotiate their musical preferences and rejections is provided. But the authors focus on how their approaches are guided by different patterns of orientation and emphasize the necessity of fostering a differentiating view on audiences' reception of popular music, in connection with meaning-production dynamics, sonic esthetics, and processes of labeling and canonization.
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article provides a sociocultural and musicological perspective on the question of how and whereby adolescents in Vienna negotiate their musical preferences and rejections. At the core of the article is the analysis of group discussions which were conducted with 16- to 18-year-old students. The study illustrates the complexity of popular music’s integration in young people’s frameworks of knowledge and discusses how their approaches are guided by different patterns of orientation. It embarks on the necessity of fostering a differentiating view on audiences’ reception of popular music, in connection with meaning-production dynamics, sonic esthetics, and processes of labeling and canonization.
TL;DR: The image of teenagers in the 1950s has permeated popular culture for decades. Within public historical memory, these kids seem perpetually carefree, dancing to jukebox tunes, sharing sodas with da...
Abstract: The image of teenagers in the 1950s has permeated popular culture for decades. Within public historical memory, these kids seem perpetually carefree, dancing to jukebox tunes, sharing sodas with da...
TL;DR: In this article, the position of music in UK General Elections is considered, and the fragmentation of this electoral and musical landscape through the technological and communicative affordances of digital media.
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article considers the position of music in UK General Elections. It begins by looking at mainstream Party Election Broadcasts, and then discusses the fragmentation of this electoral and musical landscape through the technological and communicative affordances of digital media. Considering campaigners as “produsers”, it examines how musical campaign content illustrates the shifting outputs of those operating within, and outside of, party political structures. These changes relate to broader questions of the extent, or limits, of digitalization’s potential for democratizing political communication. Considering the musical aesthetics of election campaigns is a step toward examining the decision-making processes that underpins them.
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between DIY music and popular music has been examined and new insights into how and why the former differs from the latter have been generated from existing scholarship considering the relationship.
Abstract: Existing scholarship considering the relationship between “DIY” music and popular music has tended to focus on how and why the former differs from the latter. This paper generates new insights into...
TL;DR: The compositional practices of hip-hop and EDM (electronic dance music) have been increasingly assimilated by a new generation of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs).
Abstract: Pop is increasingly assimilating the compositional practices of hip-hop and EDM (electronic dance music). This shift is driven by a new generation of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). These are le...
TL;DR: The authors explored music as a medium of memory of anti-Nazi resistance looking at the Edelweispiratenfestival, its connected events and multimedia publications, and explored how the festival prov...
Abstract: This article explores music as a medium of memory of anti-Nazi resistance looking at the Edelweispiratenfestival, its connected events and multimedia publications. It explores how the festival prov...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the final stage of the music production process, which until recently has proven resistant to the democratizing characteristics of music 2.0, and show that musicians are now abl...
Abstract: This article explores mastering–the final stage of the music production process, which until recently has proven resistant to the democratizing characteristics of “Music 2.0.” Musicians are now abl...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the song "L'estaca", which was composed in 1968 by Catalan songwriter Lluis Llach and became emblematic of the struggle against the Francoist dictatorship.
Abstract: This article focuses on the song “L’estaca,” which was composed in 1968 by Catalan songwriter Lluis Llach and became emblematic of the struggle against the Francoist dictatorship. I trace the ways ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a variety of interpretations of Johnson's "Terraplane Blues" and compare them to the original version of the song in terms of complexity and disjointness.
Abstract: Robert Johnson’s “Terraplane Blues” was a modest hit for the newly recorded bluesman. Notable musically for its elaborate intertwining rhythms and disjointed sections, interpretations of the song h...
TL;DR: This paper examined the role music and social media can play in forming and revising cultural memory, and analyzed responses to a call delivered on Facebook to suggest and discuss the Israeli “soundt...
Abstract: This study examines the role music and social media can play in forming and revising cultural memory. We analyze responses to a call delivered on Facebook to suggest and discuss the Israeli “soundt...
TL;DR: The punk-rock band Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (CSI) exemplifies a wider movement of musical memorialization of the World War II antifascist Resistenza in contemporary Italy.
Abstract: The punk-rock band Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (CSI) exemplifies a wider movement of musical memorialization of the World War II antifascist Resistenza in contemporary Italy. Considering music...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impacts of Covid19 on musicians and music professionals in the Iranian music industry, an industry that heavily depends on concerts and live performance. Placing the pande...
Abstract: This article examines the impacts of Covid19 on musicians and music professionals in the Iranian music industry, an industry that heavily depends on concerts and live performance. Placing the pande...
TL;DR: In 1984, L.A. punk band Black Flag released My War as discussed by the authors, a self-taught hardcore album that is a canonized classic of the hardcore genre and following a period of legal dispute and touring hiatus.
Abstract: In 1984, L.A. punk band Black Flag released My War. Coming three years after Damaged – a canonized classic of the hardcore genre – and following a period of legal dispute and touring hiatus, My War...
TL;DR: The outpouring of pieces reflecting on the Scottish avant-garde pop legend and openly transgender woman SOPHIE and her artistic influence after her unplanned death was described in this article.
Abstract: Are we in the midst of a pop music revolution? The outpouring of pieces reflecting on the Scottish avant-garde pop legend and openly transgender woman SOPHIE and her artistic influence after her un...
TL;DR: In the past decade, it has become commonplace to hear songs on country radio with clear stylistic debts to hip hop as mentioned in this paper, as well as a brief history of this trend.
Abstract: In the past decade, it has become commonplace to hear songs on country radio with clear stylistic debts to hip hop. This article provides a brief history of this trend, as well as an analysis of th...