The ties among the notes: The social capital of jazz musicians in three metro areas
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Authors
Dowd, Timothy J.
Pinheiro, Diogo
Advisors
Department
Department of Sociology
Keywords
Jazz Musicians
Creative Careers
Social Capital
Freelance Work
Signaling
Creative Careers
Social Capital
Freelance Work
Signaling
Issue Date
2013-11
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Description
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Abstract
Previous work shows that social capital matters for careers of creative workers, leading to jobs and bolstered income. The authors focus here on factors that may facilitate various types of social capital possessed by jazz musicians and on how the options of building connections may differ for peripheral versus dominant musicians. Among other things, the authors find that both general education and formal music training promote formal social capital but constrain the share of local musicians known; meanwhile, generalism fosters both the share and diversity of local musicians known. Only a few options benefit peripheral musicians, namely union membership and having an agent.