Cruisicology : the music culture of cruise ships / David Cashman and Philip Hayward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashman, David, author.

Hayward, Philip, author.

Series:

Critical perspectives on music and society.

Critical perspectives on music and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and tourism.

Passenger ships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

Summary:

Since the 1990s the cruise industry has become one of the largest employers of musicians in the world. Thousands of professional musicians work on cruise ships daily, entertaining millions of passengers. Cruisicology: The Music Culture of Cruise Ships provides the first in-depth account of the culture and the industrial determinants of cruise ship music. Based on interviews with working musicians and coauthor David Cashman's experience as a cruise ship musician, this book investigates how music is organized and made onboard a cruise ship. David Cashman and Philip Hayward study the working life of musicians, why and how corporate shipping lines include music onboard their vessels, the history of musicians on passenger shipping, and the likely future directions of musical entertainment within the industry. Cashman and Hayward illustrate the positive and negative experience of artists making music every day in confined spaces with close proximity to their audiences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-7936-0203-4