From Record Contract to Artrepreneur? Musicians' Self-Management and the Changing Illusio in the Music Market

• Main Author: Schwetter, Holger
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: digital music market; internet platforms; musicians; music distribution; record labels
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss32/11; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1781/viewcontent/KK_2032_2C_202019_2011_20Special_20Forum_20Kritika_20__20Schwetter.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article contrasts present conceptions of pop musicians’ career development with ideas from the 1960s to 1990s. It identifies two divergent key concepts: the artrepreneur and the record contract. As a counterpart, the article evaluates empirical findings from an interview study with German and U...