WE ARE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY - MUSIC AS A COMMODITY

4,50 € / Publisher: rock'n'popmuseum / Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke 

The exhibition WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY – MUSIC AS A COMMODITY embarks on an exciting journey behind the scenes of a complex and globally-operating music industry, looks at what happens off-stage, during album production and at how music is presented in the media. Because the network of all the different players – consisting of producers and users, of legal frameworks and contracts – can often appear obscure to the untrained eye. In six thematically arranged areas (live, recording media, digitalisation, production and contracts), the exhibition presents the huge diversity of the music industry, shows the important lines of development but also the dramatic breaks, and in doing so covers almost 150 years of music industry history.