The working life of musicians: mapping the work activities and values of early-career pop musicians in the Dutch music industry

IF 0.9 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Creative Industries Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI:10.1080/17510694.2021.1899499

Rick Everts, E. Hitters, Pauwke Berkers

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Abstract

Abstract This paper explores the working life of early-career musicians after technological innovations transformed the music industry. Based on in-depth interviews, a diary questionnaire study and post-questionnaire interviews with 17 early-career pop musicians aiming to build a career with their act in the Dutch industry, we investigate what day-to-day activities they perform and how they value these work activities. The analysis reveals that musicians perform a wide variety of non-creative work activities, including DIY and entrepreneurial tasks. Moreover, they spend over 40 percent of their time on creative tasks, and, remarkably, devote minimal time to social media. In addition, three accounts of value were identified which shape the way musicians perceive their work, as they understand their work in pop music as art, as a business or as a hobby, transcending the traditional art-commerce dichotomy. This way, the paper contributes to our understanding on the nature of work and how early-career workers perceive its value in the creative industries.

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音乐家的工作生活:绘制荷兰音乐行业早期职业流行音乐家的工作活动和价值观

摘要本文探讨了技术创新改变音乐产业后，早期职业音乐家的工作生活。基于深度访谈，日记问卷研究和问卷后访谈，我们调查了17位早期职业流行音乐家，他们的目标是在荷兰行业建立自己的职业生涯，我们调查了他们的日常活动以及他们如何评价这些工作活动。分析显示，音乐家从事各种各样的非创造性工作活动，包括DIY和创业任务。此外，他们将超过40%的时间花在创造性任务上，而且，值得注意的是，他们花在社交媒体上的时间最少。此外，他们还发现了三种价值解释，它们塑造了音乐家看待自己工作的方式，因为他们把自己在流行音乐中的工作理解为艺术、商业或爱好，超越了传统的艺术-商业二分法。通过这种方式，本文有助于我们理解工作的本质，以及早期职业工作者如何看待其在创意产业中的价值。

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Creative Industries Journal Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

27.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The scope of the Creative Industries Journal is global, primarily aimed at those studying and practicing activities which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent, and which have a potential for wealth creation. These activities primarily take place in advertising, architecture, the art and antiques market, crafts, design, fashion, film, interactive leisure software, music, the performing arts, publishing, television and radio.