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Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have
a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business.
Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to
manage and navigate a music-based career. Artist Management for the
Music Business gives a comprehensive view of how to generate income
through music and how to strategically plan for future growth. The
book is full of valuable practical insights. It includes interviews
and case studies with examples of real-world management issues and
outcomes. Updates to this new edition include a new chapter for
independent, self-managing artists, expanded and updated sections
on networking, social media, and streaming, and a basic
introduction to data analytics for the music business. This book
gives access to resources about artist management and the music
business at its companion website, www.artistmanagementonline.com.
Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have
a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business.
Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to
manage and navigate a music-based career. Artist Management for the
Music Business gives a comprehensive view of how to generate income
through music and how to strategically plan for future growth. The
book is full of valuable practical insights. It includes interviews
and case studies with examples of real-world management issues and
outcomes. Updates to this new edition include a new chapter for
independent, self-managing artists, expanded and updated sections
on networking, social media, and streaming, and a basic
introduction to data analytics for the music business. This book
gives access to resources about artist management and the music
business at its companion website, www.artistmanagementonline.com.
Leading a generationally diverse workforce is challenging; this
book provides a reader's guide of best-in-class strategies for
harnessing and unleashing its potential. Gentelligence: The
Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce
presents a transformative way to end the generational wars once and
for all. This book first introduces Gentelligence as a powerful
business strategy and shows why it is critical for the future of
work. It then presents a practical guide and a call to action for
leaders of all ages to unlock the potential strengths of each
generation. Readers will learn how an intergenerational workforce
can be reframed as a profound business opportunity and discover how
Gentelligence can help them win the talent war, create strong,
diverse teams, and build adaptable cultures that will flourish in
an era of rapid change. Gentelligence shares groundbreaking
evidence that will have readers thinking about their generationally
diverse workforce in an entirely different way. Readers will
discover: Where generational conflict originates, and how it
results in both dangerous ageism and reverse ageism in today's
workplaces. Why the generation gap stems from a misunderstanding of
shared core values across all generations. How to find essential
common ground with colleagues, both older and younger, and
recognize the unique needs that come with different generational
identities. How generational shaming leads us to view those from
other generations as competitors rather than collaborators, further
damaging employee engagement, team dynamics, innovation, and
organizational culture. How leveraging the unique strengths of each
generation at work can lead to a win-win outcome for all. How
traditional views on leadership have been turned upside down as a
result of new generational dynamics, with many employees currently
being led by managers that are younger than themselves, and older
leaders struggling to make sense of changing norms around authority
and power. Gentelligence reveals the opportunities within an
intergenerational workforce and provides actionable tools to help
leaders build Gentelligent organizations. Unlike other books on
generational leadership, this book rejects common stereotypes
assigned to different generations, replacing them with a deep
understanding of why those who grew up in different times may
behave in unique and valuable, ways. We challenge leaders to go
beyond simply accepting generational differences to leverage them
proactively to increase engagement, innovation, and organizational
success.
Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science
as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the
critical intersection of "religion-and-science" and our
contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye
towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the
"post-truth society." The rise of the post-truth society has
specific importance and inherent risk for nearly all academic
disciplines and researchers. When personal beliefs regarding
climate change trump scientific consensus, research projects are
defunded, results are hidden or undermined, and all of us are at a
greater vulnerability to extreme weather patterns. When expertise
itself becomes suspect, we become a nation lead by fools. When data
is overcome by alternative facts and truth in any form is suspect,
where is the space for religious and/or scientific scholarship? The
central curiosity of this volume is "what is the role of religion
and science scholarship in a post-truth society?" This text
explores truth, lies, fear, populism, politics, faith, the
environment, post modernity, and our shared public life.
Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science
as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the
critical intersection of "religion-and-science" and our
contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye
towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the
"post-truth society." The rise of the post-truth society has
specific importance and inherent risk for nearly all academic
disciplines and researchers. When personal beliefs regarding
climate change trump scientific consensus, research projects are
defunded, results are hidden or undermined, and all of us are at a
greater vulnerability to extreme weather patterns. When expertise
itself becomes suspect, we become a nation lead by fools. When data
is overcome by alternative facts and truth in any form is suspect,
where is the space for religious and/or scientific scholarship? The
central curiosity of this volume is "what is the role of religion
and science scholarship in a post-truth society?" This text
explores truth, lies, fear, populism, politics, faith, the
environment, post modernity, and our shared public life.
It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between
those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist,
or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the
same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist
values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the
true sense of the term. Arising from a conference under the same
title held at Texas Tech University, Carnivalizing Difference seeks
to explore the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian
theory and cultural practice. The introduction explores the
changing configurations of our understanding of Bakhtin's work in
the context of recent theory and outlines how that understanding
can inform, and be informed by, culture both ancient and modern.
Eleven articles, spanning a wide range of periods and cultural
forms, then address these issues in detail, revealing the ways in
which Bakhtinian thought illuminates, sometimes obfuscates, but
always challenges.
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This collection addresses current controversies about the
relationship between science and religion, in which Augustine is
appealed to by opposing sides, showing his continuing relevance, as
well as the subtlety and complexity of his views. Questions on
evolution are especially focused on, and from a variety of
perspectives, often with quite different conclusions between the
essays. This is truly a conversation about Augustine, science, and
religion.
Years ago, Tom had an affair with Catherine who became pregnant and
had an abortion - or so he thinks. Now he is married to Vic and
their relationship is on the rocks because she cannot conceive and
Tom is desperate to be a father. Enter Smokey, a nineteen-year-old
tearaway whose girlfriend is none other than Catherine's and Tom's
daughter Belinda. Tom's wish to be a father is fulfilled, but
remember the saying: be careful what you wish for - you might just
get it. Tom's past catches up with him in a terrifying sequence of
events involving deception, plots and murder. Then a final tragic
twist saturates his life with the bitterest irony. Fast-moving,
bloody and savage, this modern thriller from the author of Killing
Time will keep audiences on the edges of their seats as the mystery
deepens and the body-count multiplies...
This indispensable volume provides a complete course on Latin erotic elegy, allowing students to trace a coherent narrative of the genre's rise and fall, and to understand its relationship to the changes that marked the collapse of the Roman republic, and the founding of the empire. The book begins with a detailed and wide-ranging introduction, looking at major figures, the evolution of the form, and the Roman context, with particular focus on the changing relations between the sexes. The texts that follow range from the earliest manifestations of erotic elegy, in Catullus, through Tibullus, Sulpicia (Rome's only female elegist), Propertius and Ovid. An accessible commentary explores the historical background, issues of language and style, and the relation of each piece to its author's larger body of work. The volume closes with an anthology of critical essays representative of the main trends in scholarship; these both illuminate the genre's most salient features and help the student understand its modern reception.
It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist, or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the true sense of the term. Arising from a conference under the same title held at Texas Tech University, Carnivalizing Difference seeks to explore the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian theory and cultural practice. The introduction explores the changing configurations of our understanding of Bakhtin's work in the context of recent theory and outlines how that understanding can inform, and be informed by, culture both ancient and modern. Eleven articles, spanning a wide range of periods and cultural forms, then address these issues in detail, revealing the ways in which Bakhtinian thought illuminates, sometimes obfuscates, but always challenges.
"Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness" presents a model for studying
the history of lyric as a genre. Paul Allen Miller draws a
distinction between the work of the Greek lyricists and the more
condensed, personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then
confronts the theoretical issues and presents a sophisticated,
Bakhtinian reading of the development of the lyric form from its
origins in archaic Greece to the more individualist style of
Augustan Rome.
The book examines different forms of poetic subjectivity projected
by ancient authors--Archilochus, Sappho, Catullus and
Horace--through a close reading of both their texts and contexts.
Miller argues that what is considered lyric--a short personal poem
which reveals a reflexive subjective consciousness--is only
possible in a culture of writing. It is the lyric collection which
creates literary consciousness as we know it. This consciousness
also requires a social structure where individuals can speak in
their own names, not merely in that of their state or class.
Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness presents a model for studying
the history of lyric as a genre. Prof Miller draws a distinction
between the work of the Greek lyrists and the more condensed,
personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then confronts the
theoretical issues and presents a sophisticated, Bakhtinian reading
of the development of the lyric form from its origins in archaic
Greece to the more individualist style of Augustan Rome. This book
will appeal to classicists and, since English translations of
passages from the ancient authors are provided, to those who
specialise in comparative literature.
Russian Literature and the Classics attempts to fill a gap. To date
there has been no book-length, systematic study of the impact of
antiquity on Russian literature and culture. While by no means
claiming to offer a comprehensive approach, the authors focus on
various aspects of the influence which the Classics have had on
Russian literature at particularly significant junctures - the
beginning of the nineteenth century; the age of the great Russian
realist novel; the "Silver Age"; Stalin's terror; the "Thaw" after
1956; and the period just before the collapse of Soviet society. In
their introductory essay the editors offer an overview of the
Classical Tradition. In it, they provide an insight into the
contrasting ways in which that tradition manifested itself in the
literatures of Western Europe and of Russia.
The newest title in the series Survivor Stories, this book tells
the story of Paul Allen, a photographer who likes opera and was a
good baritone singer. At the age of 56 he sustained a stroke that
left him paralysed and speechless. He has Locked-In Syndrome (LIS),
a rare consequence of brain damage. Although Paul is fully
conscious and his cognitive abilities are intact, he is unable to
move or speak due to the paralysis of nearly all his voluntary
muscles. However, Paul is keen to communicate and through his eye
movements he tells his story, from his early life, career, singing
and other interests, to the details of his stroke and the effects
it has had on his life. The book also includes contributions from
Paul's wife Liz, who tells the story from her point of view, along
with Paul's physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech
therapists, psychologists and others from the Raphael Hospital who
have assisted in Paul's rehabilitation. In telling of his
frustrations, his successes, his views on life and how he sees his
future, Paul raises awareness of the quality of life possible for
those with LIS. Combining scientific knowledge with personal
narrative, this unique and optimistic book is of huge importance to
any professional involved in the care of someone with a brain
injury, and to the individuals and families touched by LIS.
The newest title in the series Survivor Stories, this book tells
the story of Paul Allen, a photographer who likes opera and was a
good baritone singer. At the age of 56 he sustained a stroke that
left him paralysed and speechless. He has Locked-In Syndrome (LIS),
a rare consequence of brain damage. Although Paul is fully
conscious and his cognitive abilities are intact, he is unable to
move or speak due to the paralysis of nearly all his voluntary
muscles. However, Paul is keen to communicate and through his eye
movements he tells his story, from his early life, career, singing
and other interests, to the details of his stroke and the effects
it has had on his life. The book also includes contributions from
Paul's wife Liz, who tells the story from her point of view, along
with Paul's physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech
therapists, psychologists and others from the Raphael Hospital who
have assisted in Paul's rehabilitation. In telling of his
frustrations, his successes, his views on life and how he sees his
future, Paul raises awareness of the quality of life possible for
those with LIS. Combining scientific knowledge with personal
narrative, this unique and optimistic book is of huge importance to
any professional involved in the care of someone with a brain
injury, and to the individuals and families touched by LIS.
This indispensable volume provides a complete course on Latin erotic elegy, allowing students to trace a coherent narrative of the genre's rise and fall, and to understand its relationship to the changes that marked the collapse of the Roman republic, and the founding of the empire. The book begins with a detailed and wide-ranging introduction, looking at major figures, the evolution of the form, and the Roman context, with particular focus on the changing relations between the sexes. The texts that follow range from the earliest manifestations of erotic elegy, in Catullus, through Tibullus, Sulpicia (Rome's only female elegist), Propertius and Ovid. An accessible commentary explores the historical background, issues of language and style, and the relation of each piece to its author's larger body of work. The volume closes with an anthology of critical essays representative of the main trends in scholarship; these both illuminate the genre's most salient features and help the student understand its modern reception.
Do you belong to an amateur theatre group wanting to 'do an
Ayckbourn'? Are you the Artistic Director of a professional theatre
seeking to slot an Ayckbourn into next season? Are you a fan of
Ayckbourn's work and would love a handy reference book? A Pocket
Guide to Alan Ayckbourn's Plays will tell you all you need to know
and more: All plays in chronological order with an alphabetical
index A complete listing of male and female characters in each play
A plot breakdown for each play Useful hints on production Details
of where to apply for permission to perform Details of where to get
the music where applicable Publication details An introduction to
his life and work Alan Ayckbourn has written over 60 plays for
adults and more than a dozen for children. Even his most ardent fan
is unlikely to know them all. This handy guide will give you all
the information you need to decide which is the right one for you
to produce. Or if you simply want a reference book to recall your
favourite plays or read about the ones you've missed, then this is
the book for you.
A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented
here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of
satire's relation to Roman ideology.
Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in
translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student
understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception.
Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems of usage, and
examining aspects of meter and style necessary for poetry
appreciation, the commentary places each selection in its own
historical context then using essays and critical excerpt, the
genre's most salient features are elucidated to provide a further
understanding of its place in history.
Extremely student friendly, this stands well both as a companion to
Latin Erotic Elegy and in its own right as an invaluable fund of
knowledge for any Latin literature scholar.
"The American Negro," Arthur Schomburg wrote in 1925, "must remake
his past in order to make his future." Many Harlem Renaissance
figures agreed that reframing the black folk inheritance could play
a major role in imagining a new future of racial equality and
artistic freedom. In "Deep River "Paul Allen Anderson focuses on
the role of African American folk music in the Renaissance
aesthetic and in political debates about racial performance, social
memory, and national identity.
"Deep River" elucidates how spirituals, African American concert
music, the blues, and jazz became symbolic sites of social memory
and anticipation during the Harlem Renaissance. Anderson traces the
roots of this period's debates about music to the American and
European tours of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in the 1870s and to W.
E. B. Du Bois's influential writings at the turn of the century
about folk culture and its bearing on racial progress and national
identity. He details how musical idioms spoke to contrasting
visions of New Negro art, folk authenticity, and modernist
cosmopolitanism in the works of Du Bois, Alain Locke, Zora Neale
Hurston, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Sterling Brown, Roland
Hayes, Paul Robeson, Carl Van Vechten, and others. In addition to
revisiting the place of music in the culture wars of the 1920s,
"Deep River "provides fresh perspectives on the aesthetics of race
and the politics of music in Popular Front and Swing Era music
criticism, African American critical theory, and contemporary
musicology.
"Deep River "offers a sophisticated historical account of American
racial ideologies and their function in music criticism and
modernist thought. It will interest general readers as well as
students of African American studies, American studies,
intellectual history, musicology, and literature.
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