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A Creative Industry in Transition: The Rise of Digitally Driven Independent Music Production
Author(s) -
Hracs Brian J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2012.00593.x
Subject(s) - music industry , restructuring , transition (genetics) , production (economics) , file sharing , power (physics) , creativity , digital audio , microscale chemistry , dynamics (music) , creative industries , business , industrial organization , sociology , visual arts , computer science , economics , political science , art , telecommunications , psychology , microeconomics , music education , world wide web , the internet , pedagogy , law , audio signal , chemistry , quantum mechanics , physics , mathematics education , finance , gene , biochemistry , speech coding
Abstract This paper nuances our understanding of the ongoing transition within the North American music industry. It extends the existing analysis of the so‐called “ MP 3 Crisis” by exploring the ways in which digital technologies have challenged the entrenched power of the major record labels. In particular, new insights are offered based on interviews with music industry executives who have been active in shaping the industry's response to illegal file sharing. The paper also uses interview data from musicians to investigate the implications of restructuring at the macroscale on creative talent at the microscale. As such, it documents the structures and spatial dynamics of digitally driven independent music production in C anada for the first time.