Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and Covid-19 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031095313)

1. Introduction.- Part I: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Music Business.- 2. 'Losing Work, Losing Purpose': Representations of Musicians' Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19.- 3. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incomes of Freelance Classical Musicians in Austria.- 4. Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities.- 5. Social 'Capitalising' the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Portrait of Three Zimbabwean Female Musicians.- 6. The Shape of Clubs to Come: Exploring the Pandemic's Impact on Live Music Venues in Germany.- 7. Jazz Festivals in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring Exposed Fragilities, Community Resilience and Industry Recovery.- Part II: The Music Business in General.- 8. Straight Outta Mumbai: Exploring Informality and Innovation in Dharavi's Hip-Hop Industry.- 9. Optimisation of Musical Distribution in Streaming Services: Third-Party Playlist Promotion and Algorithmic Logics of Distribution.- 10. The Music Modernization Act: Mechanical Copyright in the Age of Music Streaming.- 11. Musical Aspirations and DIY/DIO Practices in Online Communities of Amateur Independent Filipino Songwriters.- 12. Market Readiness for the Digital Music Industries: A Case Study of Independent Artists.- 13. The Changing Role and Function of Music Charts in the Contemporary Music Economy.