The Great Music City: Exploring Music, Space and Identity

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Great Music City, Exploring Music, Space and Identity . Chapter 2: Music cities and the discourse of urban sociability. Chapter 3: Hierarchies of power & influence in the music industry, (London, New York City and Los Angeles). Chapter 4: London: music business capital of the world. Chapter 5: New York City and Los Angeles, the music consumption capitals. Chapter 6: Marvelous (Music) Melbourne (1835 to 1980s). Chapter 7: Austin, Live Music Capital of the World, deep in the heart of Texas (1800s to 2002). Chapter 8: The War and the Wall, Berlin and the divided music city of Exiles (1700s to 1990s). Chapter 9: Battle for the Melbourne Music Capital title (1990s to present). Chapter 10: Keeping Austin Weird, creative resistance against homogenization of the music scene (1992 to present). Chapter 11: Reunified Berlin, battle for the city's music soul (1990s to present). Chapter 12: Melbourne, live music capital of Australia to world domination. Chapter 13: Revitalizing Austin as the live music capital of the world. Chapter 14: Rejuvenation of Berlin, music and technology city.