After 17 years, The X Factor is no more, but its success gives us an insight into the changing recording industry.
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From music videos to reality TV, the channel has had a hand in crafting entertainment as we know it today.
Musicians, record labels and listeners could all be affected by sweeping changes to the music streaming industry.
Unloading about trauma and mental illness is in vogue. But like undressing, it centers musicians’ vulnerabilities at the expense of their artistry.
There is a history of exploiting Black musicians in the United States that dates back to slavery. But movements like Black Lives Matters are working towards economic justice.
Hindu gods are not attractive images to be worn thoughtlessly.
Musical and vocational training must move beyond making students ready for work — they must also be empowered to deal with an industry overdue for reform.
Spotify is offering to boost artists’ position on its playlists in return for paying them lower royalties. Can struggling musicians afford to say no?
All sorts of transactions are “two-way value exchanges” in which it isn’t clear in which direction the money should flow. The proposed media bargaining code is one of them.
Greek musicians have shown that developing new solidarities and campaigning initiatives with other performers could be the way forward in responding to issues caused by COVID.
While the genre is now overwhelming white, its roots are in Black music.
BTS has broken record after record but the industry still discounts K-pop as not pop.
Few of those in the K-pop industry have donated or even spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Australian musicians make it work by balancing music and non-music jobs, self-employment, contracts, and a love for the art.
A period of intense dreaming in 1964 shaped the entire body of the late Joseph Shabalala’s songs. In these rare in-depth interviews, he spoke of his beliefs and inspirations.
Ignore business books which promise to reveal the secret formula of success – usually it’s down to luck.
The US pop singer has been ordered to pay a Hip Hop artist for copyright infringement. But the judgment lowers the bar on musical copying.
Labor’s arts election policy includes more funding for the Australia Council and the ABC. But while this is welcome, arts and culture deserve far greater attention.
Live performances account for more than 40 percent of their income, while profits from streaming and record sales amount to only 5 percent of their earnings.
K-pop has claimed its share of the world market. It is about time that I-pop gives its best to do the same.
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Music Industry and Popular Culture, RMIT University
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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King's College London
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Course Director MA (Music Industries), University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Popular Music, University of Sydney
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University of London
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Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Student fellow, Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Research Program, Queensland University of Technology