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Hollywood Studio Musicians - Their Work and Careers in the Recording Industry (Hardcover)
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Hollywood Studio Musicians - Their Work and Careers in the Recording Industry (Hardcover)
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When originally published in 1971, Hollywood Studio Musicians was
the first detailed analysis of the work and careers of production
personnel in an industry devoted to mass culture. Previously, most
researchers overlooked mass-culture industries as work settings,
preferring to focus on content rather than the artists who created
it. This lucid and insightful book looks under the hood of the
Hollywood film scoring and recording industry, focusing upon the
careers and work of top-flight musicians. A new preface by Howard
S. Becker highlights the study's historical context and importance.
Based upon in-depth interviews with freelance musicians, Faulkner
provides original insights into how we conceptualize occupations as
well as the highly stratified system of professional prestige that
results in what we now call the "A-List." Faulkner develops a
framework for discovering and exploring how rapidly changing and
demanding freelance work induces status hierarchies, sustains and
updates collegial reputations, tightens social networks between
contractors, and musicians, and restricts access to upward career
paths. This volume is a gem, a masterpiece of field research
combined with probing, theoretically informed analysis. Aside from
the value of its own findings, the volume offers students of
sociology, film, and other creative industries a prime example of
how to do good social science research. In short, it is a model for
investigators to turn to when their own research needs help, an
exemplar of how research is done when it is done well.
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