Contracts, Patronage and Mediation [electronic resource] : The Articulation of Global and Local in the South African Recording Industry /
Pietilä, Tuulikki.author.
This book studies the long-term developments in the South African recording industry and adds to the existing literature an understanding of the prevalence of informal negotiations over rights, rewards and power in the recording industry. It argues that patronage features often infiltrate the contractual relationships in the industry.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Patronage and mediation; Authorship and rights ownership; Context: population and economic developments in South Africa; The research material and organization of the book; 1 The South African Recording Industry; Historical developments: concentration and consolidation; International and local music; International and local music in the major companies' structures; Music sales trends according to the statistics; The rise of local music and the independent sector
The recording industry associations and the needletime issueAfrica as an 'emerging market'; 2 Recent Industry Developments; Declining physical sales, gradually increasing digital sales; Strategies to tackle the decreasing physical sales; Publishing and synchronization revenues; The live music scene; 3 A Segmented Music Market and Attempts to Capture It; Radio broadcasting; Describing the market segments; Adjusting to the market; Sales; 4 The Wholesaling and Retailing of Music; Diversification of the distribution sector; Concentration in the buying sector; The story of Reliable Music Warehouse
Big and small operatorsMusic selling as mediation; 5 Negotiating Value in the Music Chain; The recorded music value chain; Other agents and rewards; Discussion; 6 Organizing Relationships in the Recording Industry: Contracts and Patronage; Relations of production and appropriation; Artists' and musicians' accounts of their recording careers; Roles and responsibilities in relationships; Musicians' strategies; Exploitation or caretaking? arguments and counter-arguments; 7 Continuities in Patronage Arrangements; Sources of confusion; Rewards in kind: the terms of and items under negotiation
The small labels' perspectiveThe 360 degree deal and the patronage issue; Discussion; Conclusion; Appendix A: Tables; Appendix B: Interviewed People; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book studies the long-term developments in the South African recording industry and adds to the existing literature an understanding of the prevalence of informal negotiations over rights, rewards and power in the recording industry. It argues that patronage features often infiltrate the contractual relationships in the industry.
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