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1 the kind of music with words and a strong rhythm that many young people enjoy listening and dancing to
Most significantly, however, they raise key questions concerning the central role of rhythm in popular music and the contradictory ways in which it is discussed.
Through their activities, bootleg collectors and tape traders explicitly contest the commodification of popular music.
The musician participants were all further education students from two colleges, all of whom were studying popular music and music technology.
When not touring he worked in bars and nightclubs, playing jazz and popular music.
Since popular music remains advantageous in defining and delivering consumer audiences, its existence has, in response, become increasingly tied to the sale of other commodities.
In this way the social organisation that governs popular music, for example, requires constant novelty in order to maintain its commercial base.
Even work on popular music and video, which once grabbed the imagination of popular music and media scholars, has faded from the academic agenda.
This case study is framed within existing debates about the relationships between popular music, national identity, cultural representation, and state-supported music export.
