[Commlist] Call for Chapters - Intellect Handbook of Global Music Industries

Call for chapter proposals

Intellect Handbook of Global Music Industries

Edited by Chris Anderton, Martin James, Daniel Nordgård and Sergio Pisfil

Social, technological and political developments and disruptions 
continue to impact the music industries, fostering new revenue streams 
and opportunities, and allowing music from around the world to gain a 
global audience. Audio streaming, video apps and social entertainment 
services have rapidly become key areas of growth, and there has been a 
rise in academic work focusing on the global music industries in terms 
of their issues, challenges, and opportunities. Much of this work 
describes developments in the global north, and while this book will 
explore and expand upon this field, it also seeks to explore the 
industries from a global perspective. We therefore encourage proposals 
that stress global overviews, tackling issues to do with global 
capitalism, trans-national companies, geo-politics and so on, but also 
proposals that focus on significant local/regional contexts that cast 
light on global differences and what may be learned from them.

The book is organised into eight main sections as outlined below, and we 
invite scholars from around the world to submit chapter proposals of 250 
words that address one of the given themes. We have suggested topic 
areas within each theme, but are open to receiving alternatives relevant 
to the themes.

Accepted chapters will be 7,000-7,500 words (inc. bibliographic 
references and endnotes) and should offer a literature review of 
relevant research/debates related to the topic, examples/case study to 
illustrate those debates (drawn from your own research expertise), and 
discussion of future directions for research.

*Theme 1: Artists and songwriters* – songwriting splits and plagiarism, 
creativity and creator tools, musicians as media content creators, 
funding beyond record labels, and the role of the artist manager/team.

*Theme 2: Recording industry and artist-direct* – disintermediation, the 
relevance of record labels, ethical contracts, the playlist economy, and 
issues related to copyright.

*Theme 3: Publishing and synchronization* – data management and 
transparency, sync/microsync deals, copyright issues, song funds, and 
the role of the music publisher.

*Theme 4: Music media, marketing and promotion* – disintermediation, 
data analytics, gatekeeping/recommendation, social 
media/entertainment/metaverse, and interactivity with fans.

*Theme 5: Live music and the night-time economy* – economic and 
environmental sustainability, post-covid transformations, safe spaces, 
livestreaming, VR/AR, and ticketing.

*Theme 6: Music policy* – music cities, artist/business funding, music 
business diversity, and music export organizations.

*Theme 7: Technologies* – values chains and disruptions, streaming 
algorithms and taste management, VR/AR, and mobile/smartspeaker 
technologies.

*Theme 8: Working in the music industries* – work-life balance and agile 
working, motivations and unpaid labor, sustainability of careers, 
ideological worldviews, and diversity.

When submitting your proposal, please include the following:

  * Chapter title
  * Proposal of 250 words outlining the scope of your chapter
  * Your full name, current affiliation, and a short academic biography
    (50 words)

Timeline:

  * Proposals should be submitted by: 6 May 2022 to
    (musicindustriesbook /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(musicindustriesbook /at/ gmail.com)>
  * Decisions to be communicated by: 6 June 2022
  * Accepted chapters to be submitted by: 8 September 2023
  * Proposed date of publication: 2024

If you have any questions, please email us at: 
(musicindustriesbook /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(musicindustriesbook /at/ gmail.com)>

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