Can music make you sick? : measuring the price of musical ambition
/ Sally Anne Gross & George Musgrave
- 1 online resource (186 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : special objects, special subjects What makes you think you’re so special? You don’t have to be mad, but it helps Can music really make you sick? Abundant music, excessive music? Communicating when music is media content Music education and the pipeline What are we seeking to do in this book? Sanity, madness and music Signs of emotional distress and the new language of mental health Music and suffering : the limits of magical thinking Methodology : our survey findings – anxiety and depression by numbers A deep dive : solo artists, gender and age Interviews : understanding feeling Conclusion : status and the rhetoric of fantasies The status of work Financial precarity and defining ‘work’ Work, work, work Money and meaning Pleasure and self-exploitation Professionalism and value Musical ‘success’? How to define success Capital, image and illusion Failure, responsibility and identity Expectations and the myth of the future The achievement-expectation gap Music as social mobility ‘Deification and demolish’ Conclusions : take part, make… content The status of value Validation ‘online’ Feedback and vulnerability Competition and relevancy Abundance and communicating Validation in ‘the industry’ Reputation and contracts The deal On the role of luck Luck, power and privilege The myth of control and the nature of blame Symbolic inefficiency and stickiness Do you feel in control? Conclusions : welcome to the ‘you’ industry The status of relationships Personal relationships Family, guilt and sustainability The role of London Touring and family life The work/leisure distinction Music as a gambling addiction Professional relationships Women and their relationships Sexual abuse and misogyny Self-perception Women online Conclusions : drive and being ‘occupied’ by your occupation Conclusions : what do you believe in? Discipline and dreaming ’Twas ever thus : what’s new? Experiencing abundance, making data ‘Let’s talk about it’ : what would living better look like? Therapy and listening Public policy and learning lessons? Duty of care : responsibility and control The case of Lil Peep Music education now : reflections Questions of content and new ways of teaching Concluding thoughts : myths and wellbeing
9781912656615
Musicians--Mental health--Great Britain Music trade--Psychological aspects--Great Britain