LEADER 04203nam 22006495 450 001 9910422641003321 005 20230704071943.0 010 $a3-030-44587-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-44587-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011476657 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6358500 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-44587-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011476657 100 $a20200907d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGetting Signed $eRecord Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society /$fby David Arditi 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (259 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-030-44586-0 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 2: Record Contracts: Ideology in Action -- Chapter 3: Copyright Enclosure -- Chapter 4: The Digital Turn: Music Business as Usual -- Chapter 5: On Competition in Music -- Part II -- Chapter 6: We?re Getting the Band Back Together -- Chapter 7: The Voice: Popular Culture and the Perpetuation of Ideology -- Chapter 8: Conning the Dream -- Chapter 9: Conclusion. 330 $a?There is a vast gulf between making music for pleasure and making music for money. David Arditi?s Getting Signed intelligently and compellingly captures the difficulty, frustration, and hope felt by musicians as they attempt to enter the realm of the music industry and make money at music.? ?Timothy D. Taylor, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA ?Even in our digitized era of streaming media and DIY culture, the seductions of landing a record deal with a cash advance have never been stronger for musicians, singers, rockers, and rappers. But in Getting Signed, sociologist David Arditi shines his well-honed critical gaze on the venality of the pop music industry, showing how even a record contract struck in good faith can be a dream-killing Faustian bargain for most musical artists.? ?David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication and Faculty Director of Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA Record contracts have long been the goal of aspiring musicians, but are they still important in the era of SoundCloud? Musicians in the United States still seem to think so, flocking to auditions for The Voice and Idol brands or paying to perform at record label showcases. ?The ideology of getting signed??the belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead to some measure of success?is alive and well, even as streaming, social media, and viral content have turned the recording industry upside down. Getting Signed provides a critical analysis of musicians? contract aspirations as a cultural phenomenon that reproduces modes of power and economic exploitation, no matter how radical the route to contract. Working at the intersection of Marxist sociology, cultural sociology, critical theory, and media studies, Arditi unfolds how the ideology of getting signed penetrated an industry, created a mythos of guaranteed success, and persists in an era when power is being redefined in the light of digital technologies. . 606 $aSociology 606 $aMass media 606 $aIndustrial sociology 606 $aMusic 606 $aSocial sciences?Philosophy 606 $aSociology 606 $aMedia Sociology 606 $aSociology of Work 606 $aMusic 606 $aSocial Theory 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aMass media. 615 0$aIndustrial sociology. 615 0$aMusic. 615 0$aSocial sciences?Philosophy. 615 14$aSociology. 615 24$aMedia Sociology. 615 24$aSociology of Work. 615 24$aMusic. 615 24$aSocial Theory. 676 $a780.23 676 $a500 700 $aArditi$b David$f1982-$0877726 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910422641003321 996 $aGetting signed$91972583 997 $aUNINA