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Timothy D. Taylor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the working composers, musicians, and engineers who create soundtracks for film, television, and video games.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Working Musicians 1
1. Group Production, the Collective Laborer, Supply Chains, and Fields 19
2. Creativity 48
3. Composers’ Labor 81
4. The Music Supply Chain after the Composer: Adding Value 119
5. Challenges 138
6. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World 156
7. Neoliberalization as (Self-)Exploitation 177
8. “Thousands of Guys Like Me” 212
Notes 217
References 231
Index 245

Working Musicians

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 28 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9781478019879
      978-1478019879
      ISBN-10 1478019875
      Also in:
      Entertainment Music of film and stage Music recording and reproduction Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Acoustic and sound engineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Timothy D. Taylor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the working composers, musicians, and engineers who create soundtracks for film, television, and video games.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix
      Introduction: Working Musicians 1
      1. Group Production, the Collective Laborer, Supply Chains, and Fields 19
      2. Creativity 48
      3. Composers’ Labor 81
      4. The Music Supply Chain after the Composer: Adding Value 119
      5. Challenges 138
      6. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World 156
      7. Neoliberalization as (Self-)Exploitation 177
      8. “Thousands of Guys Like Me” 212
      Notes 217
      References 231
      Index 245

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