Music Business Research is an inter-discipline at the intersection of economic, artistic, cultural, social, legal, technological and further developments which contribute to the creation/production, dissemination/ distribution and reception/consumption of music. This interdisciplinary nature calls for methodological multiplicity and is open to scholars from all scientific areas.

The conference organizers invite scholars (from the postdoctoral level on) who have a research focus on music business/industry related topics to submit a paper proposal for the conference day on September 12, 2019.

Scholarly submissions on this year’s conference theme “The Future of Music Business” are equally welcome as on other aspects of music business research.
Indicative themes include but are not limited to:

• Past, current and future developments in the music industry
• Economic and historic analyses of music markets, charts or audiences
• Issues in marketing and/or branding music, musicians or music institutions
• Aspects of musical and musician diversity in music business
• Critical discourses on the economic, social and cultural contributions of music
• New products, formats and business models in the music sectors
• Strategies and strategizing of musicians and music institutions
• Situatedness and power in musician labor markets
• Agency and social practices in the music business
• Legal issues in the music business (contracts, copyright, policies) from an international perspective
• Fit for the market? Acquiring skills for the music business
• Doing things right! New solutions for fairness and transparency in the music business
• Entrepreneurial musician und music entrepreneurs
• An age of disruption? Technological developments in the music industry