Selling Out
Culture, Commerce and Popular Music
Published on 6. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-5013-3931-8 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between popular music and consumer brands has never been so cosy. Product placement abounds in music videos, popular music provides the soundtrack to countless commercials, social media platforms offer musicians tools for perpetual promotion, and corporate-sponsored competitions lure aspiring musicians to vie for exposure. Activities that once attracted charges of 'selling out' are now considered savvy, or even ordinary, strategies for artists to be heard and make a living. What forces have encouraged musicians to become willing partners of consumer brands? At what cost? And how do changes in popular music culture reflect broader trends of commercialization?
Selling Out traces the evolution of 'selling out' debates in popular music culture and considers what might be lost when the boundary between culture and commerce is dismissed as a relic.
Selling Out traces the evolution of 'selling out' debates in popular music culture and considers what might be lost when the boundary between culture and commerce is dismissed as a relic.
Reviews / Votes
In popular music, who is a sellout, who is allowed to be a sellout, and how has talk about musicians 'selling out' changed over time? Engaging with examples such as The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash, Nirvana, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Bethany Klein offers an historically informed, nuanced and engaging analysis of the complicated relationship of commerce and popular culture. * Matthew P. McAllister, Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University, USA, and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture (2013) * In a moment when branding, advertising, and commercialism dominate popular music, Selling Out makes a powerful claim: that far from being passe, the idea of "selling out" is as important as ever, and protects something fundamental about music and music making. * Devon Powers, Associate Professor of Advertising, Temple University, USA, and author of Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism (2013) *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5013-3931-8 (9781501339318)
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E-Book
07/2020
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
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E-Book
07/2020
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€29.49
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Person
Bethany Klein is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK. She is the author of As Heard on TV: Popular Music in Advertising (2009) and co-author of Understanding Copyright: Intellectual Property in the Digital Age (2015).
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Popular music for art's sake
2. Popular music as big money
3. Alternative goes mainstream
4. A different kind of selling out
5. Popular music in advertising
6. Promotion in popular music
7. Popular music and beyond
References
Index
Introduction
1. Popular music for art's sake
2. Popular music as big money
3. Alternative goes mainstream
4. A different kind of selling out
5. Popular music in advertising
6. Promotion in popular music
7. Popular music and beyond
References
Index