This paper seeks to understand the role of valuing in urban live music ecologies. It explains how multiple actors (e.g. directors of music venues, musicians, policy-makers, and real estate experts) in Dutch live music ecologies negotiate the different values of live music. To examine this dynamic, we …

Purpose This paper sets out to compare different methodologies for measuring the value(s) of live popular music and to explore the different motivations amongst a range of organisations engaged in that work. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyse how the values of live music are measured, who …

Over the past decades, different theoretical perspectives have been developed that help to understand the social context in which live music is produced and consumed. Theories from the fields of sociology, cultural studies and popular music studies have enhanced our knowledge of (live) music industries …

Popmuziek speelt een belangrijke rol in de aantrekkelijkheid van onze steden. Gezien de dynamiek van zowel stedelijke ontwikkeling als de muziekindustrie verandert die rol in rap tempo. In dit artikel geeft het onderzoeksteam POPLIVE een inkijk in hun onderzoeksproject naar duurzame livemuziekecologieën …