Beyond the Beat - Musicians Building Community in Nashville

At a time when the bulwarks of the music industry are collapsing, what does it mean to be a successful musician and artist? How might contemporary musicians sustain their artistic communities? Based on interviews with over seventy-five popular-music professionals in Nashville, Beyond the Beat looks at artist activists--those visionaries who create

About the author

Daniel B. Cornfield is professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Becoming a Mighty Voice and coeditor of Worlds of Work.

Summary

At a time when the bulwarks of the music industry are collapsing, what does it mean to be a successful musician and artist? How might contemporary musicians sustain their artistic communities? Based on interviews with over seventy-five popular-music professionals in Nashville, Beyond the Beat looks at artist activists--those visionaries who create

Additional text

"A compelling analysis of how musicians are responding to ongoing rapid transformations in the music economy and the broader post-industrial economy."---Daniel Silver, Contemporary Sociology

Product details

• Authors: Daniel B Cornfield, Daniel B. Cornfield, Cornfield Daniel B.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780691160733
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16073-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, Tennessee, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues