Ian Randle Publishers
The Creative Echo Chamber: Contemporary Music Production in Kingston, Jamaica.
Dennis O. Howard
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The Creative Echo Chamber: Contemporary Music Production in Kingston, Jamaica.
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The pulsating and seductive rhythms that make up Jamaican popular music extend far beyond reggae; and recently, a greater appreciation has emerged for the island’s rich musical heritage and international impact. From ska, rocksteady and reggae to dancehall and dub, Jamaican popular music has made significant contributions to international pop culture.
In The Creative Echo Chamber, Dennis Howard explores the unique nature of popular music production in Jamaica, which, though successful, runs counter to the models of the music industry in the developed world. The influence of the sound system in particular, the dynamics of intellectual property rights and value chain logic which are peculiar to the Jamaican music industry are part and parcel of the structures, production modes and business models which have led to hybridity and unparalleled innovation.
Using his background as an academic as well as a 30-year veteran in the media and entertainment industries, Howard, a Grammy-nominated producer brings fresh insight and perspective to the distinctive nature of Jamaican popular music.

Language
English
ISBN
978-976-637-926-1
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Acronyms and Abbreviations
1. Background to the Business in Jamaica
Weak Framework
The Issue of Copyright
The Role of Technology
Central Questions
Cultural Production
Organisational Structure
2. Surveying the Soundscapes: Writing on the Jamaican Music Scene
Biographies
Intraorganisational Research
Value Chain Dynamics
The Popular Music Industry Model
Traditional Music Industry Value Chain
Musical Networks Value Chain
Michael Witter’s Circular Income Flow
Interorganisational Research
Cultural Studies Perspective
Dub Version
3. Making Popular Music in the Creative Echo Chamber
Periods of Cultural Production
Folk Culture (Pre 1950s–56)
Period of Appropriation (1957–60)
Innovation (1961–69)
Internationalisation (1970–80)
Neoinnovation (1981–2000)
Crossing over by Collaboration
Global Interaction: 2001–Present
Concluding Thoughts
4. Value Chain Dynamics in the Creative Echo Chamber
Kingston: Beat City, the Creative Echo Chamber
Value Chain Dynamics in the Recorded Music Industry
Kingston Value Chain
Voicing/Sound System Income Stream
Recording /Distribution Income Stream
Live Performance Income Stream
Organisational Structure
Sound Systems in the Value Chain
Musicians and their role in the Value Chain
Dub Plate Culture in the Value Chain
Manufacturing and Distribution in the Value Chain
The Multiple-Simultaneity Modes of Production Model
Conclusion
5. Too Much Mix Up Mix Up: Copyrighting Culture
What is Copyright?
Copyright within Kingston’s Creative Echo Chamber
Who Owns the Music?
The Performing Rights Society
Copyright Dynamics in The Creative Echo Chamber
Creative Commune
The Open Domain
Multiple Simultaneity Production Model (Copyrighting Culture)
A Call to Action on the 1993 Copyright Act
Home-grown Societies
National Consolidation or International Coercion?
In the Interest of ‘Babylon System’
Copyright Extension 2015 - Legislative Overreach
Literary Property and the Author
The Internet and Copyright
Conclusion
6. Tek-no-li-gy Processing: Reshaping the Soundscape
Punching for Recognition of the Jukebox Culture in Jamaica
Sociocultural Hybridity and Imperial Hegemony
From Ghetto Laboratories in the Creative Echo Chamber to the Technosphere
Version Galore
The King at the Control
A Likkle a Dis an a Likkle a Dat (The Remix Culture)
The Tom Tom Club Mash up: A Case Study
Outro
7. Mastering our Fate: Jah Jah Children Them a Moving Up
Music for Days and Extra Days
Cultural Production Periods
Value Chain
Future Research Initiatives
Recommendations
Las Lick
References
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