Musical genres depend on many things in order to survive in the cut throat music industry such as the support from the communities in which they start from, their audience, and the other people who are behind the scenes working to make their music reach a broader audience. These subcultures are essentially the communities that create the genres that the author covers such as rap, bluegrass, and bebop jazz among others.
The author does a great job at explaining how music is a part of everyday life in subcultures throughout society. This book was very insightful in breaking down how and how musical genres are created by the communities in which they are surrounded by. Offering a rare analysis of how music communities operate, she looks at the shared obstacles and opportunities creative people face and reveals the ways in which people collaborate around ideas, artworks, individuals, and organizations that support their work. Outside the United States there exists a fifth form: the Government-purposed genre, which she examines in the music of China, Serbia, Nigeria, and Chile. What are the common economic, organizational, ideological, and aesthetic traits among contemporary genres? Do genres follow patterns in their development? Lena discovers four dominant forms-Avant-garde, Scene-based, Industry-based, and Traditionalist-and two dominant trajectories that describe how American pop music genres develop.
Drawing on a vast array of examples from sixty musical styles-ranging from rap and bluegrass to death metal and South Texas polka, and including several created outside the United States-Jennifer Lena uncovers the shared grammar that allows us to understand the cultural language and evolution of popular music. Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches? Banding Together explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music.
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