Abstract
Drawing on a dataset following the careers of 214 early-career popular music acts in the Dutch live music industry over a period of eight years, this paper maps trends in the number of live shows early-career acts play and the fees they receive. In addition, it investigates factors that may explain success in live music. Descriptive statistics indicate that a small number of acts manage to perform a lot of shows and receive high fees. However, most acts are only able to play a few shows per year for a relatively low fee, indicating a winner-takes-all market mechanism. A multilevel analysis showed that critical recognition and popular recognition are positively related to the number of shows acts performed. Furthermore, label and booker representation and attending a pop academy has a positive effect on success in live music, adding insights to our conceptualization of the structural dynamics of live music industries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 660-679 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Cultural Trends |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Funding information:This work was supported by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [grant number 314-99-202].
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