This paper interrogates two different perspectives on music and wellbeing. The first positions
musical practice as being beneficial for emotional wellbeing and mental health, whilst the …

Freelance creative work is a labour of love where opportunities for self-expression are
combined with exploitative working conditions. This article explores this dynamic by showing …

Evidence points towards the key role that networks of both formal and informal relationships
play in musicians' careers. Alongside this, these careers have in recent decades become …

The growth of the new economy and creative work has posed a range of challenges for
young workers in the West. Creativity has come to signify something more than simply …

I entered the small music club reluctantly. All the chairs rested upside-down on the freshly
cleaned tables. The smell of chlorine and coffee was competing with alcohol and smoke still …

Using a Laclauian discourse approach this paper challenges the hegemony of articulations
framing creativity as good, necessary, and as a source of valuable outcomes for …

This article considers the implementation of the life history approach in the study of media
professionals, based on an analysis of the occupational life histories of 77 active and former …

The coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic was expected to be particularly detrimental
for performing artists, given the nature of their work. The scarce literature on the precarity …

Drawing on a deep and long-term first-hand engagement with major labels in the early years
of the 21st century, this book sheds new light'behind the scenes', at a time of drastic and far …

This chapter reviews and distills the diverse literature on performance careers in music. It
begins by exploring the issues and concepts involved in a performance career, examining …