Music, communication and economy interfaces

Abstract

By reconciling cultural studies and communication’s political economy - in an original approach - the author analyzes music industry reconfiguration processes. Herschmann investigates phenomena such as the economy of experience, the transition to a post-fordist capitalism (and how it has been affecting phonographic corporations), the agony of concepts like cultural mercantilization, and new intermediaries emergence of new intermediators in digital environment. Three study cases are brought to discussion: the revitalization of live concerts, the success of choro and samba at Lapa’s circuit, and the independent festivals’ economy.