Beyond the Beat: Musicians Building Community in Nashville

by Daniel B Cornfield

Book Overview

At a time when the bulwarks of the music industry are collapsing, what does it mean to be a successful musician and artist? How might contemporary musicians sustain their artistic communities? Based on interviews with over seventy-five popular-music professionals in Nashville, Beyond the Beat looks at artist activists--those visionaries who create inclusive artist communities in today's individualistic and entrepreneurial art world. Using...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691160732
• ISBN13: 9780691160733
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.6"