- Title
- Rethinking the idea of the mainstream/alternative dichotomy in contemporary western popular music in the light of recent research into creativity
- Creator
- McIntyre, Phillip
- Relation
- 2008 IASPM-ANZ Conference. Stuck in the Middle: The Mainstream and Its Discontents: Selected Proceedings of the 2008 IASPM-ANZ Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane (Brisbane, Qld 28-30 November, 2008) p. 142-151
- Relation
- http://www.iaspm.net/?p=61
- Publisher
- IASPM-ANZ
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- The ‘mainstream’ of popular music, seen to be what the majority of music consumers engage in, is often thought to be a negative form of cultural production. In contrast, its usual oppositional framework, ‘alternative’ or ‘independent’ music, supposedly exhibits worthwhile minority tastes and is seen in some quarters as a more authentic form of musical expression. Music that charts successfully is seen to be a lesser form of music than that which struggles financially but views itself as ‘artistically credible’.
- Subject
- popular music; alternative music; independent music; creativity
- Identifier
- uon:8899
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/919532
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780958149716
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