What is happening to pop music and pop culture? Synthesizers,
samplers and MDI systems have allowed anyone with basic computing
skills to make music. Exchange is now automatic and weightless with
the result that the High Street record store is dying. "MySpace,"
"Twitter" and "You Tube" are now more important publicity venues
for new bands than the concert tour routine. Unauthorized
consumption in the form of illegal downloading has created a
financial crisis in the industry. The old postwar industrial
planning model of pop, which centralized control in the hands of
major record corporations, and divided the market into neat
segments, is dissolving in front of our eyes.
This book offers readers a comprehensive guide to understanding
pop music today. It provides a clear survey of the field and a
description of core concepts. The main theoretical approaches to
the analysis of pop are described and critically assessed. The book
includes a major investigation of the revolutionary changes in the
production, exchange and consumption of pop music that are
currently underway. "Pop Music, Pop Culture" is an accomplished,
magnetically interesting guide to understanding pop music
today.
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