DIY Movement in Art Music and Publishing

<p>This book considers the history of Do It Yourself art music and publishing demonstrating how DIY strategies have transitioned from being marginal to emergent to embedded. Through secondary research observation and 30 original interviews each chapter analyses one of 15 creative cities (San Francisco Los Angeles Dusseldorf New York London Manchester Cologne Washington DC Detroit Berlin Glasgow Olympia (Washington) Portland (Oregon) Moscow and Istanbul) and assesses the contemporary situation in each in the post-subcultural era of digital and internet technologies. The book challenges existing subcultural histories by examining less well-known scenes as well as exploring DIY best practices to trace a template of best approaches for sustainable independent locally owned creative enterprises.</p>