RegionThe Music Industry Handbook
By Paul Rutter
- Price: $39.95
- Binding/Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-58681-8
- Publish Date: May 1st 2011
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 272 pages
Series: Media Practice
Description
The Music Industry Handbook unpacks the complex structures contained in the current music industry and maps the industry as it exists today. Drawing from a range of music industry research sources, personal experience and consultation with key industry professionals, Paul Rutter explains how the music industry in its broadest sense is structured, and how its various elements work in practice.
The Music Industry Handbook provides explanations of the many issues that individuals may encounter when studying the music industry, or when thinking about pursuing a career within it. It provides the necessary background knowledge and insights to proceed with confidence, and tackles the ways in which music is created, consumed and exploited. It has a practical focus, yet discusses relevant theoretical perspectives and chronology and avoids being simply an ‘exposé’. In a fast-evolving market, it gives advice on keeping up-to-date with future developments, and guidance as to possible routes into employment.