The Environmental Sustainability of the Music Industries

Matt Brennan ()
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Matt Brennan: University of Glasgow

Chapter Chapter 4 in Cultural Industries and the Environmental Crisis, 2020, pp 37-49 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter discusses the environmental sustainability of the music industries. A world where music does not have an environmental impact is a world without music. I do not want a world without music, and it is not my intention to ruin one of life’s great pleasures – the enjoyment of music – by pointing out its environmental impact. But music can be framed not just in terms of its value, but also its cost - including the whole range of production and consumption behaviours that those who participate in music often take for granted. This chapter therefore explores three key sectors of the music industries – recorded music, live music, and musical instruments – and considers them from the perspective of environmental sustainability and political ecology. It also offers a critique of the assumption that the growth of these industries is an unquestionable good.

Keywords: Music; Musical instruments; Recording; Waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49384-4_4

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