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Music City Melbourne
Urban Culture, History and Policy
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This book will appeal to readers interested in music history, urban studies, cultural policy, and Australian arts culture. It suits academics, students, musicians, policy-makers, and anyone fascinated by how a city’s social and urban fabric shapes its musical identity.
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How did Melbourne earn its place as one of the world’s music cities? Beginning with the arrival of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s, this book explores the development of different sectors of Melbourne’s popular music ecosystem, in parallel with broader population, urban planning, and media industry changes in the city.
The authors draw on interviews with Melbourne musicians, venue owners, and policy-makers, documenting their ambitions and experiences across different periods. There are accompanying spotlights on the gendered, multicultural, and indigenous contexts of playing and recording in Melbourne. Focusing on pop and rock, this is the first book to provide an extensive historical lens of popular music within an urban cultural economy. It investigates the contemporary nature and challenges of urban music activities and policy.
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Music City Melbourne has been praised for its rigorous research and engaging writing. Will Straw, Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University, calls it "one of the best books in urban music studies," noting its detailed discussion of public policy, media, social divisions, entrepreneurship, and urban planning in Melbourne's music history. Chris Gibson, Professor of Human Geography, highlights how the authors' deep archival work and interviews uncover hidden stories behind Melbourne’s reputation as a creative music city. It is highly regarded as a significant contribution to debates on creative cities and musical heritage.
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ISBN: 9781501369643
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 June 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: Tertiary education
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Shane Homan is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Monash University, Australia. He is the editor of the Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy (2022).
Seamus O’Hanlon is Associate Professor of History at Monash University, Australia. He has published five books, including City Life: The New Urban Australia (2018).
Catherine Strong is Associate Professor in the Music Industry program at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia. Among her publications are Towards Gender Equality in the Music Industry: Education, Practice and Strategies for Change (co-editor, Bloomsbury 2019) and Death and the Rock Star (co-editor, 2015).
John Tebbutt is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia.
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