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Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction: The Evolving Economic Geography of Music [Brian J. Hracs, Michael Seman, and Tarek E. Virani] Part II: Recording 2. Laptops, Pro Tools, and File Transfer Protocols: On the Intensification and Extensification of Recording Work in the Digital Age [Allan Watson] 3. Disturbing Production: The Effects of Digital Music Production on Music Studios [David Arditi] Part III: Working 4. Working Harder and Working Smarter: The Survival Strategies of Contemporary Independent Musicians [Brian J. Hracs] 5. From Artist to Entrepreneur: The Working Lives of London-Based Rappers [Laura Speers] 6. Hip-Hop Tunity: Challenges and Opportunities for Indie Hip-Hop Artists in the Dutch Music Industry [Joni R. Haijen] 7. “Working at the Candy Factory”: The Limits of Nonmonetary Rewards in Record Industry Careers [Alexandre Frenette] Part IV: Playing 8. The Resilience of a Local Music Scene in Dalston, London [Tarek E. Virani] 9. Landscapes of Performance and Technological Change: Music Venues in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Nashville, Tennessee [Ola Johansson, Margaret M. Gripshover, and Thomas L. Bell] 10. Whats the “Newport Effect”?: Music Festivals, Touring, and Reputations in the Digital Age [Jonathan R. Wynn and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas] 11. Musicians and Temporary Spaces: The Case of Music Festivals in Sweden [Johan Jansson and Jimi Nilsson] Part V: Distributing 12. Exploring the “360 Degree” Blur: Digitization, Sonic Capital, and the Strategic Orientations of Electronic Indie Labels [Hans-Joachim Brkner] 13. More Than Just Bytes?: Responses to Digitization in the Paris Cluster of World Music Production [Amanda Brandellero and Robert C. Kloosterman] 14. Emotional Landscapes and the Evolution of Vinyl Record Retail: A Case Study of Highland Park, Los Angeles [Tyler Sonnichsen] 15. Music Rights: Towards a Material Geography of Musical Practices in the “Digital Age” [Andy C. Pratt] Part VI: Promoting and Consuming 16. Unpacking the “Digital Habitus” of Music Fans in Santiags Indie Music Scene [Arturo Arriagada] 17. The Evolution of Music Tastemakers in the Digital Age: The Rise of Algorithms and the Response of Journalists [Bastian Lange] 18. Leveraging Affect: Mobilizing Enthusiasm and the Co-Production of the Musical Economy [Andrew Leyshon, Nigel Thrift, Louise Crewe, Shaun French, and Pete Webb]
