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Chapter 1 Introduction The Ideology of Getting Signed My Approach Record Contracts Making It, Breaking In, Blowin’ Up: The Ideology is Everywhere The Book Going Forward Part I Chapter 2 Record Contracts: Ideology in Action Alienation and Ideology Material Relations of Production Institutions Conclusion Chapter 3 Copyright Enclosure Musical Instruments and the Means of Production Labor Theory of Value Land Enclosures Creating Intellectual Property Contracts and Copyrights Conclusion Chapter 4 The Digital Turn: Music Business as Usual Positioning Musicians in the Music Industry From Bar Gigs to Social Media Alternatives Conclusion Chapter 5 On Competition in Music Competition in American Society Competition as unique to music and other entertainment fields Winning/Losing Battle of the Bands Competition between musicians, not labels Conclusion Part II Chapter 6 We’re Getting the Band Back Together Division of Labor Solidarity Marx Strained Solidarity: a new model of the division of labor Solace: A Case Study of Strained Solidarity Conclusion Chapter 7 The Voice: Popular Culture and the Perpetuation of Ideology The Show Precarity Ideology Conclusion Chapter 8 Conning the Dream The Music Showcase The Performers Winning/Losing Conclusion Chapter 9 Conclusion Techno-Utopian Mantras Label Resources Thinking of an Alternative
