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CONTENTS
List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1
Patronage and mediation
Authorship and rights ownership
Context: population and economic developments in South Africa
The research material and organization of the book
1 The South African Recording Industry 19
Historical developments: concentration and consolidation
International and local music
International and local music in the major companies’ structures
Music sales trends according to the statistics
The rise of local music and the independent sector
The recording industry associations and the needletime issue
Africa as an ’emerging market’
2 Recent Industry Developments 47
Declining physical sales, gradually increasing digital sales
Strategies to tackle the decreasing physical sales
Publishing and synchronization revenues
The live music scene
3 A Segmented Music Market and Attempts to Capture It 71
Radio broadcasting
Describing the market segments
Adjusting to the market
Sales
4 The Wholesaling and Retailing of Music 89
Diversification of the distribution sector
Concentration in the buying sector
The story of Reliable Music Warehouse
Big and small operators
Music selling as mediation
5 Negotiating Value in the Music Chain 112
The recorded music value chain
Other agents and rewards
Discussion
6 Organizing Relationships in the Recording Industry:
Contracts and Patronage 126
Relations of production and appropriation
Artists’ and musicians’ accounts of their recording careers
Roles and responsibilities in relationships
Musicians’ strategies
Exploitation or caretaking? arguments and counter-arguments
7 Continuities in Patronage Arrangements 158
Sources of confusion
Rewards in kind: the terms of and items under negotiation
The small labels’ perspective
The 360 degree deal and the patronage issue
Discussion
Conclusion 176
Appendix A: Tables 184
Appendix B: Interviewed People Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index