Getting Signed
Getting Signed Record contracts have been the goal of aspiring musicians, but are they still important in the era of SoundCloud? The belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead…
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Getting Signed
Record contracts have been the goal of aspiring musicians, but are they still important in the era of SoundCloud? The belief that signing a record contract will almost infallibly lead to some measure of success-- the "ideology of getting signed," as Arditi defines it--is alive and well.Though streaming, social media, and viral content have turned the recording industry upside down in one sense, the record contract and its mythos still persist. Musicians in the United States still seem to think so, flocking to auditions for The Voice and Idol brands or paying to perform at record label showcases in the hopes of landing a deal.
Working at the intersection Getting Signed provides a critical analysis of musicians' contract aspirations as a cultural phenomenon that reproduces modes of power and economic exploitation, no matter how radical the route to contract.