Rethinking the idea of the mainstream/alternative dichotomy in contemporary western popular music in the light of recent research into creativity

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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