Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

   PDF

2. Introduction

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 1-7

3. The Emergence of the Phonographic Industry Within the Music Industry

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 9-25

4. The Music Industry Boom Until 1920

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 27-48

5. New Technology and the Emergence of Jazz

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 49-68

6. The Music Industry as Radio Industry

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 69-85

7. The Swing Monopoly During the Years of Wartime Economy

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 87-100

8. Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 101-125

9. The Recovery of the Phonographic Industry and New Global Players

   • Peter Tschmuck

   Pages 127-145

10. The Era of Music Conglomerates

    • Peter Tschmuck

    Pages 147-162

11. The Digital Music Revolution

    • Peter Tschmuck

    Pages 163-196

12. Theoretical Concepts of Innovation and Creativity

    • Peter Tschmuck

    Pages 197-224

13. Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry

    • Peter Tschmuck

    Pages 225-251

14. Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry’s Value-Added Chain

    • Peter Tschmuck

    Pages 253-271

15. Back Matter

    Pages 273-303

    PDF

Why did jazz become a dominant popular music genre in the 1920s and rock 'n' roll in the 1950s? Why did heavy metal, punk rock and hiphop find their way from sub-cultures to the established music industry? What are the effects of new communication technologies and the Internet on the creation of music in the early 21st century? These and other questions are answered by Peter Tschmuck through an integrated model of creativity and innovation that is based on an international history of music industry since Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Thus, the history of the music industry is described in full detail. By discussing the historic process of music production, distribution and reception the author highlights several revolutions in the music industry that were caused by the inference of aesthetic, technological, legal, economic, social and political processes of change. On the basis of an integrated model of creativity and innovation, an explanation is given on how the processes and structures of the present music industry will be altered by the ongoing digital revolution, which totally changed the value-added network of the production, dissemination and use of music. For the second edition, the author has reworked chapter 9 in order to include all the developments which shaped the music industry in the first decade of the 21st century – from Napster to cloud-based music services and even beyond.

• Creativity
• Digital Revolution
• Economy
• Industry
• Innovation
• Music

• darstellende Kunst Wien, Inst. Kulturmanagement, Universität für Musik und, Wien, Austria

  Peter Tschmuck

Peter Tschmuck is professor of Culture Institutions Studies at the Institute of Culture Management and Culture Studies (IKM) of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His main research fields are: music industry research, the economics of copyright, the research on cultural institutions and cultural policy evaluation.

Policies and ethics