Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society

by David Arditi

Record contracts have been the goal of aspiring musicians, but are they still important in the era of SoundCloud? Musicians in the United States still seem to think so, flocking to auditions for The Voice and Idol brands or paying to perform at record label showcases in the hopes of landing a deal. The belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead to some measure of success-- the "ideology of getting signed," as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030445860
• ISBN13: 9783030445867
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"