Chapter 10 Live Music and Festivals
DOI: 10.23912/978-1-908999-52-8-2257 | ISBN: 978-1-908999-52-8 |
Published: May 2013 | Component type: chapter |
Published in: Music, Markets and Consumption | Parent DOI: 10.23912/978-1-908999-52-8-2009 |
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the importance of live music, music venues, music festivals and live music promotion in the production and consumption of music. As shown in Chapter 3, music is a complex product which can be enjoyed in a wide range of social situations, from listening to music in one’s own home or car, through enjoying a concert in a large music venue like an opera house or stadium, to spending several days at a music festival attended by over a million people. This chapter therefore begins with an attempt to provide an understanding of some of the historical developments of live music, its main characteristics, and the reasons behind its growing popularity. Music festivals are an important variant of live music, and the chapter also includes a discussion of the nature, form and function of music festivals, their multiple impacts and the marketing issues which they present.
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- Dr Daragh O’Reilly, University of Sheffield (Author)
- Dr Gretchen Larsen, King’s College London (Author)
- Dr Krzysztof Kubacki, Griffith University (Author)
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- Dr Daragh O’Reilly, University of Sheffield (Author)
- Dr Gretchen Larsen, King’s College London (Author)
- Dr Krzysztof Kubacki, Griffith University (Author)
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O’Reilly, D.D., Larsen, D.G. & Kubacki, D.K. (2013) "Chapter 10 Live Music and Festivals" In: O’Reilly, D.D., Larsen, D.G. & Kubacki, D.K. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-908999-52-8-2257
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