Hracs BJ Cultural intermediaries in the digital age: the case of independent musicians and
managers in Toronto, Regional Studies. This paper explores the limitations of the …

“Musicians often pay a high price for sharing their art with us. Underneath the glow of
success can often lie loneliness and exhaustion, not to mention the basic struggles of paying …

This article focuses on a major host of unpaid intern labor—the music industry—to examine
how internships function as a challenging, intermediary step for individuals attempting to …

This chapter examines how aspirations for normative ideals of and empirical beliefs in
independence elide analysis of the relationships that exist between networks and …

The fragmented academic literature on sharing modes of provision deals with a diversity of
initiatives ranging from for-profit business models to commoning initiatives. This literature …

Economic developers often celebrate making crafts for a living as a growing sector and
positive career choice in these difficult economic times. Craft-making has not only been …

The impact of digital technology on the musical economy has been profound. From its
production, reproduction, distribution, and consumption, the advent of MP3 and the use of …

Within the last decade, the role of the Creative Industries has grown to become an important
part of the economic system. The increasing acceleration of new developments in media …

While mainstream accounts of the impact of internet technologies on the music industry have
emphasised the crisis of the major-dominated mainstream recording industry, a more …

In the past two decades digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way we think
about, make and use popular music. From the production of multimillion selling pop records …