How's the book coming along, Dubber?
I'm co-writing a book at the moment. The deadline's Christmas, so I better get a move on with it. The publisher's abstract turned up in my inbox today, so that was a nice little reminder of what I have on my plate. Hopefully the looming deadline will be nicely motivating. And then the blind panic that will inevitably set in as the date approaches should inspire a last-minute sprint.
Understanding the Music Industries is designed for undergraduates and musicians seeking to learn about the changing economic, social, technological and business landscapes of the music industries. Drawing on historical perspectives and contemporary practice, it helps readers to make sense of the rapid pace of change that is characteristic of the field. The term ‘music industries’ encompasses a wide variety of roles, responsibilities and opportunities which this book discusses through chapters devoted to composition, production, distribution, promotion, consumption, copyright, and the recording industry. Each presents overviews of the relevant area together with explorations of key issues and consideration of the impact of the Internet.
Chris Anderton is a Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at Southampton Solent University. He received his MBA from the Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool in 2002 and his PhD from Swansea University in 2007. The latter examined the historical, social, political and geographical dimensions of British music festivals. He is currently the Course Leader for BA (Hons) Music Promotion at Southampton Solent University where he teaches a range of popular music and music industry units. His research interests include: the future of the music industries, music piracy and bootlegging, music festivals, the social geographies of music, progressive rock, and electronic music.
Andrew Dubber is an Arts and Humanities Research Council Knowledge Transfer Fellow in Music Industries Innovation, a founder member of the Interactive Cultures Research Unit, and a Senior Lecturer in the Music Industries at the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University. His research includes a project on online fandom within the BBC’s Audio and Music Interactive division; explorations into jazz and other specialist music consumption online; the social impact of iPods; and post-graduate work on digital radio and deregulation. He is the author of New Music Strategies, a co-founder of Music Think Tank, and currently consults for over thirty music and radio businesses in the UK and Europe – from established record labels and retailers to entrepreneurial online music start-ups.
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