Live Concert Performance: An Ecological Approach

Behr, Adam; Brennan, Matthew; Cloonan, Martin; Frith, Simon; Webster, Emma

doi:10.1080/19401159.2015.1125633

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“…In this way, Cloonan posits, live music needs to be understood in connection with both cultural policy and business policy. Behr, Brennan, Cloonan, Frith, and Webster (Behr et al, 2016) propose an ecological approach by 'putting place at the centre of the economic and cultural networks'. They posit that this approach is 'a kind of shorthand to make sense of the relationships amongst the various factors and actors involved' (Behr et al, 2016, p. 5).…”

Section: Research Context and Methodsmentioning

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UK–Asia music business collaborations: Liverpool Sound City, Modern Sky and Zandari Festa

2019

Global Media and China

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This article explores the dynamics of transnational business collaboration between UK and Asian music companies, focusing on Liverpool Sound City in the United Kingdom, Modern Sky in China and Zandari Festa in South Korea. The specificities of their music business, the nature and motivation for partnership, the respective industry infrastructure and state cultural policies give shape to the outcome of their collaborations, which in turn influence their music products, events, artists and audiences. The complexity of their business transactions and interactions also tell us how the live music sector and its ecologies continue to evolve and reposition themselves in the fast-changing environments of the global music industry. In reflection of an increased transnationalisation and diversification of the global music industries, it is argued that more attention should be given to the transnational and translocal ecologies of live music studies.

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Section: Research Context and Methodsmentioning

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UK–Asia music business collaborations: Liverpool Sound City, Modern Sky and Zandari Festa

2019

Global Media and China

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“…This winner-takes-all industry is characterized by the imperfection of substitutes and the application of scale economies. Others have portrayed the music business as a blockbuster industry (Elberse 2014), an oligopoly (Behr et al 2016), and an empire business (Seliger 2019). Elberse has praised this blockbuster strategy as being the most successful business model for the entertainment industry, but Behr et al and Seliger have different views.…”

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“…In particular, music industry bodies are characterized as being part of a flexible and networked art world (Becker 1982), being flux mediators between artists and audiences (Hennion, as cited in Negus 2009Negus [1996, 60), operating within informal, often risky, contexts (Banks et al 2000) and are even characterized as being an imaginative democracy (Hennion, as cited in Negus 2009Negus [1996, 61). Emphasizing the importance of the flexible, networked position of live music institutions, several scholars (e.g., Schippers and Grant 2016; Behr et al 2016) have used a live music ecology perspective to explain these positions. Behr et al described three key elements of the ecology approach to live music:…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, many studies have been conducted on developments in the music industries overall, and the live music sector in particular. However, the vast majority of the research on the latter is focused on specific forms: pop concerts (e.g., Behr et al 2016;Brown and Knox 2017;Webster et al 2018) or pop music festivals (e.g., Bowen and Daniels 2005;Leenders et al 2005;Orosa Paleo and Wijnberg 2006;Crossley and Emms 2016). Despite the increasing importance of the live music industry and the rapid growth of the music festival sector, research with an integral approach to live music is rare.…”

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The impact of festivalization on the Dutch live music action field: a thematic analysis

Mulder

Hitters

Rutten

2020

Creative Industries Journal

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In the global pop music industries, revenue models have shifted from physical record sales to streaming services and live performances. At the same time, the supply of live music performances has changed as a result of festivalization. This study aims to understand the effects of festivalization on the strategic action field (SAF) of the Dutch live music ecology. This paper is grounded in a qualitative thematic analysis based on in-depth interviews with directors of pop music venues and festivals. Contributing to the scholarly literature on festivalization we approach this concept from inside the strategic action field (SAF) of live music and place it within the context of the rapidly changing music industries. Among other results we emphasize the significant multiple value creation produced by festivals, the strategic advantages of festivals in relation to traditional music venues and the potential co-evolution within the live music action field.

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“…This type of displacement can dramatically impact the ongoing viability of live music scenes. As noted by Behr et al (2016) in the UK, small-to-medium music venues most vulnerable to and typically displacement are vital to the health of live music scenes and difficult to replace. The live sector is a vital way through which the pulse of a local music scene can be gauged, while also being a key way through which musicians are able to network with one another, industry members, and with audiences (Ballico, 2015).…”

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A state of constant prodding: live music, precarity and regulation

Ballico

Carter

2018

Cultural Trends

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Live music makes a vital contribution to the cultural and creative identities of cities. In turn, the spaces in which such activity takes place contribute strongly to the functioning of local music and arts scenes. However, particularly in large Australian cities, there is a tension between economic development, fuelled by an extended property bubble, and the viability of small-to-medium live music venues. This tension is compounded by community attitudes toward arts and culture as well as a range of regulatory measures which govern the spaces in which this activity takes place. This paper examines the challenges inherent with developing and sustaining of live music venues in relation to the regulatory barriers associated with doing so. This paper draws on data from two qualitative studies examining producer accounts of live music operation in Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Each of these studies focused on the regulatory frameworks, and barriers associated with being able to support local, original contemporary music activity and were prompted following the closure of several highly supportive, high profile live music venues in each location. This research came in the wake of the so-called 'lock out laws', which placed limits on the operating hours of licensed premises in the entertainment district of Kings Cross and surrounding suburbs. There was significant local and national debate around the impact and effectiveness of these laws and Perth venue operators were mindful that such laws could be put in place on their spaces. This paper is contextualised within debates relating to the importance of supportive live music venues, the challenges associated with developing, supporting and maintaining such spaces in light of gentrification and urban renewal strategies. As this paper argues, these strategies, which work to enhance the vibrancy of cities-and often position arts and culture activity as being a vital component-often displace and/ or cause tensions for the spaces in which cultural and creative activity takes place during and after such regeneration.

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Live Concert Performance: An Ecological Approach

Cited by 56 publications

References 7 publications

UK–Asia music business collaborations: Liverpool Sound City, Modern Sky and Zandari Festa

UK–Asia music business collaborations: Liverpool Sound City, Modern Sky and Zandari Festa

The impact of festivalization on the Dutch live music action field: a thematic analysis

A state of constant prodding: live music, precarity and regulation

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