The creative echo chamber : contemporary music production in Kingston, Jamaica / Dennis O. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Dennis Oliver, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music trade--Jamaica--Kingston.

Music trade.

Jamaica--Kingston.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston : Ian Randle Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

"Dennis Howard explores the unique nature of popular music production in Jamaica, which, though successful, runs counter to the models of the music industry in the developed world. The influence of the sound system in particular, the dynamics of intellectual porperty rights and value chain logic which are peculiar to the Jamaican music industry are part and parcel of the structures, production modes and business models which have led to hybridity and unparalleled innovation." --back cover.

Contents:

Background to the business in Jamaica

Surveying the soundscapes: writing on the Jamaican music scene

Making popular music in the creative echo chamber

Value chain dynamics in the creative echo chamber

Too much mix up mix up: copyrighting

Tek-no-li-gy processing: reshaping the soundscape

Mastering our fate: jah jah children them a moving up.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.

ISBN:

9766378940

9789766378943

OCLC:

947927257

Publisher Number:

99967412168