Sounds Irish, Acts Global critically examines both the history of Ireland’s popular music industry and the current music scene in the country. By placing recent industry developments in the context of that history, the authors present a new way of examining any nation state’s music industry-to understand the industry, the local scene must be studied. This approach highlights the multiple and changing ways by which the local scene prepares artists for both domestic and international success. In Ireland’s case the scene, with its supportive network of friends, families and fans, has developed the artists who then sign with major transnational music firms.
This book will be of interest to business students and popular music scholars as well as non-academic readers.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction [+]1-8
Michael Mary Murphy, Jim Rogers
Chapter 1
The Irish Arrive: Early Stages in the Music Industry [+]9-27
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 2
1930s Ireland: Law and Order, Business and Nationalism [+]28-40
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 3
The Global Music Industries and Ireland [+]41-60
Jim Rogers
Chapter 4
The 1950s: Elvis and Ireland’s Catholic Pop [+]61-68
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 5
Horslips: Advancing DIY and Enterprise in the Irish Music Scene [+]69-75
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 6
U2: Local and Global [+]76-89
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 7
How Teenagers and Students Shaped Culture [+]90-106
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 8
Enya: ‘…not created by the record industry’ [+]107-118
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 9
The Corrs: …’genetically engineer the perfect pop group’ [+]119-131
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 10
Riverdance: Creating Profitable Local Culture [+]132-145
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 11
Boyzone: ‘Search is on for an Irish Take That’ [+]146-157
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 12
Westlife: ‘He’s got to be kidding me’ [+]158-167
Michael Mary Murphy
Chapter 13
U2, the Virgin Prunes and Graphic Art [+]168-176
Michael Mary Murphy
Conclusion
Conclusion [+]177-189
Michael Mary Murphy, Jim Rogers
End Matter
Bibliography190-208
Michael Mary Murphy, Jim Rogers
Index209-221
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Jim Rogers is a lecturer in communications at Dublin City University. His core research interests centre on the media and cultural industries, music, and copyright. His first book, The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2013. He is the co-editor of A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property, Zed, 2017 and author of many published academic articles on the music industry.