Working Musicians

“Working Musicians makes for an excellent deep dive into the world of contemporary composers working in the television and film industries.”–Michael L. Siciliano “American Ethnologist”“The use of labor theory is … a major strength, making Working Musicians indispensable for the study of musical labor. Taylor’s writing is, as always, entertaining and engaging. He presents us with several new ways to analyze this labor, and by extension musical labor in other settings.”–John R. Pippen “Notes”“Written in clear, straightforward prose, Working Musicians is a worthy addition to the expanding literature on cultural and media production studies and the anthropology of neoliberal capitalism, understood as a ‘social form’. More than a method to gather data, ethnography emerges as a place where description, analysis, and interpretation converge to deliver social theory, critique, and hope.”–Sofia Sampaio “Journal of the Royal Anthropological Association”

Timothy D. Taylor is Professor of Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and Musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of many books, including Beyond Exoticism: Western Music and the World, also published by Duke University Press, and Music and Capitalism: A History of the Present.