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In this paper I draw on a body of scholarship that focuses on how a central feature of capitalist urbanization is the willingness of firms to participate in a form of rent-seeking that exploits geographical differences. I then extend this analysis to the cultural economy. I use as my case study Austin, Texas, which since 1991 has branded itself the “Live Music Capital of the World.” The existing literature on Austin’s urban entrepreneurial strategy, reflecting the dominant trends in urban and economic geography, focuses on how this branding campaign cultivated and exploited the geographical particularities of the city’s cultural infrastructure. However, I contend that the changes brought about within the music industry influenced the success of this effort. In particular, I argue that the effectiveness of this branding effort is related to the changing value of live music within the music industry and especially the elevated position of music promoters (those firms that rely on live music as an essential part of their business). As this paper shows, the value of the city’s branding efforts is related to the industrial success of two of the music industry’s mid-sized promotional firms, SXSW Inc. and C3 Presents. These two Austin-based firms trade on its live-music brand but also, perhaps unwittingly, receive an extra-economic benefit that amplifies this reputation. In particular, I will focus on how a special music event, SXSW, and a music festival, Austin City Limits, help reinforce the image that has been enhanced by the city’s branding efforts.
A growing area of discourse in urban economics is the value of artistic production and its role in economic development theory. One arts subsector that has received little attention is popular music. Prior research tangentially acknowledges that music scenes function as economic clusters, but little detailing of their dynamics as such exists. The bulk of attention is paid to how these scenes operate in the framework of the broader music industry, not how they contribute to their surrounding urban economic landscapes. This paper uses Michael Porter's economic cluster theory to examine Denton, Texas' music scene. Findings point to the scene operating as an economic cluster as defined by Porter in addition to catalyzing economic and community development. Results address the existing gap in research leaving the economic value of music scenes underexplored and help detail the necessary conditions for a music scene to develop.
Ethnomusicology Review, 2023
Live music, whether at a festival (Carneiro et al. 2011) or an indoor venue (Edwards et al. 2014), contributes to the economic development of its location. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the live music industry and therefore the financial contributions of its participants. The present article investigates how the pandemic is affecting – and will affect – live music in the U.S. context. The pertinent elements of the industry and its players will be discussed, followed by the impact of the pandemic. This is followed by a discussion of how the live music industry has adapted, then how those adaptations may affect the future of the industry, including the results of a survey of contemporary music consumers. The article ends with research limitations and opportunities for future research.
This study reviews the major findings of the previous studies and provides a new set of estimates of the economic impact of the commercial music industry in Georgia. We find that the primary music industry in Georgia has expanded both in terms of establishments and employment, but employment and establishments in secondary music industry, which includes specific industries such as Musical Instrument Stores and Electronic Parts & Equipment, have decreased since the previous study. This demonstrates that the industry mix continues to change, but the total level of output continues to grow. The growth in total output between the 2005 and current study is between $10 and $57 million depending on the base for the 2007 estimates (“sales” or “employment”). The total level of employment fell because of the contraction in the secondary music industry. The revenue impact of the industry is between $47 and $50 million per year.
2016
This is a report prepared by Edith Cowan University (ECU) for West Australian Music (WAM). The report provides an overview, based on available information, about the WA music industry. This has not previously been studied as comprehensively as the music industry in other regions in Australia. Thus this report presents an initial, preliminary investigation of the contemporary impact of the music industry in WA. Further research could expand on the work presented in this report by completing the sample musicians and music events audit for 2014 and 2015 as well as filling the gaps in information identified in this report, through interviews and surveys as well as examine the social and cultural impacts of music participation and dissemination in local communities in WA.
2013
According to Krueger (2005) the main reason for concert ticket prices for popular music to show a sharp increase between 1996 and 2003 is that artists felt less constrained from increasing prices due to the erosion of the complementary relationship with album sales. This paper continues his analysis in a more current context by focusing on how the rise of music streaming services has influenced concert ticket prices and revenues, while also providing a brief analysis on the effects of the eco-
GRAPH-HOC is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal focuses on the applications of graph theory in different areas of wireless ad hoc networks such as Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) and sensor networks. Graph theoretic concepts are applied in several fundamental issues such as connectivity, data gathering, routing, mobility, energy efficiency and topology control. Papers submitted for the Journal should focus on a problem that is of both theoretical as well as practical interest in the area of ad hoc networks and sensor networks. This journal will thus provide a platform for researchers from both theoretical and practical domains of ad hoc networks to meet and exchange their ideas.
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