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Songs from Sweden : shaping pop culture in a globalized music industry
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- Creator
- Ola Johansson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan 2020
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (184 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9811527350, 9789811527364, 9789811527388, 9811527369, 9789811527357, 9789811527371
- OCLC
- on1155329754
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Series Editors' Preface: Thank You for the Music -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: The Swedish Music Miracle, from 1.0 to 2.0 -- The Swedish Music Miracle 1.0 -- Explaining the Swedish Success -- The Role Model Thesis -- The Early Adopter Thesis -- The English Proficiency Thesis -- The Globalization Thesis -- The Small Market Thesis -- The Industrial Cluster Thesis -- The Governmental and Institutional Support Thesis -- Discussion and Outlook -- References
- 2 Local Music in a Global Network: Circulation, Reputation, and Hybridity -- Circulation -- Globalization and the Cultural Industries -- Theories of Circulation -- Reputation -- Buzz -- Hybridity -- Introduction to Cultural Hybridity -- What Is Swedish Music? -- Swedish Music as Local-Global Hybrid -- References -- 3 The Main Players -- Method -- The Historical Background to 2.0 -- Data Analysis -- Reputation in Songwriting and Production -- The People Network: Global and Local -- The Role of Publishers and Record Companies in Songwriting -- The Idol Factor -- Swedish Collaboration Style
- Other Elements of Swedish Culture -- The Role of Stockholm -- From Stockholm to Los Angeles and Back Again -- The Need for Proximity -- References -- 4 An Analysis of Swedish Pop Music -- The Songwriting Process -- What Is Swedish Pop? -- The Cheiron Sound as Swedish Sound -- Analytical Songwriting -- Melody-First Songwriting -- Lyrics in Swedish Pop Music -- Genre Influences in Sweden -- Genre Crossing as Swedish -- Swedish-American Hybrid Elements -- Circulation of Styles -- References -- 5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- References -- Index