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The new geographies of popular music (in a pandemic) : Guilty geographies and compressed intimacies

Dodds, Philip LU orcid (2021) In POPULÄR – Nordic Journal for Popular Culture Research 2. p.9-27
Abstract
In this paper, I analyse developments in the relationship between popular musicians and their audiences that have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21. The first, guilty geographies, concerns musicians and music venues becoming increasingly reliant on charitable audience support, appealing to fans’ ethical consciences through the crowdfunding (or fan-funding) model. The second, compressed intimacies, relates to the conditions of musical production and reception, and the new geographies of musical listening, that emerge from this guilt-based relationship. Focusing on examples from Sweden, I argue that while some artists and venues have engaged creatively with guilty geographies and compressed intimacies, these... (More)
In this paper, I analyse developments in the relationship between popular musicians and their audiences that have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21. The first, guilty geographies, concerns musicians and music venues becoming increasingly reliant on charitable audience support, appealing to fans’ ethical consciences through the crowdfunding (or fan-funding) model. The second, compressed intimacies, relates to the conditions of musical production and reception, and the new geographies of musical listening, that emerge from this guilt-based relationship. Focusing on examples from Sweden, I argue that while some artists and venues have engaged creatively with guilty geographies and compressed intimacies, these trends should be resisted. (Less)
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popular music, guilty geographies, fan-funding, intimacy, sonic compression, streaming platforms, Mona Masrour, Alice Boman, Jens Lekman, Sweden
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POPULÄR – Nordic Journal for Popular Culture Research
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2
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9 - 27
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Lund University, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper.
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English
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  keywords     = {{popular music; guilty geographies; fan-funding; intimacy; sonic compression; streaming platforms; Mona Masrour; Alice Boman; Jens Lekman; Sweden}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{9--27}},
  publisher    = {{Lund University, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper.}},
  series       = {{POPULÄR – Nordic Journal for Popular Culture Research}},
  title        = {{The new geographies of popular music (in a pandemic) : Guilty geographies and compressed intimacies}},
  url          = {{https://journals.lub.lu.se/pop/article/view/23407/20799}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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