The Australian music industry’s mental health crisis: media narratives during the coronavirus pandemic

Brunt, Shelley; Nelligan, Kat

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“…This chapter draws inspiration from a commentary article by Brunt and Nelligan (2021) first published in August 2020 during what was, at that time, the summer in the United Kingdom before the second wave of the virus returned. This short but insightful paper offered one of the first glimpses into the experiences of musicians during the coronavirus pandemic by examining the ways in which Australian musicians' mental health had been reported and represented by various forms of media in the early months of the outbreak.…”

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‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

Musgrave¹

2022

Music Business Research

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Driven by a growing academic and professional interest in the subject over recent years, discussions concerning the mental health and emotional wellbeing of musicians have been prevalent in popular media over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Much of the recent research into how musicians have coped emotionally during COVID-19 has been driven by the professional and charitable sectors. This chapter-building on work by Brunt and Nelligan (Media International Australia 178:42-46, 2021)-draws on media representations of the mental health of musicians based in the United Kingdom over the first year of the pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021, examining key themes from newspaper articles/ websites, online web seminars, musicians' own blogs and social media. It suggests that musicians' mental health challenges were broadly presented in two key ways: (1) employment-related anxieties concerning loss of income, how their work was being treated vis-à-vis self-employed income support and fears about their futures and (2) status-based existential anxiety relating to a loss of meaning in their lives. This duality has been encapsulated as losing work and losing purpose (Littlewood, HuffPost UK, 2020). The chapter concludes by interrogating what these anxieties tell us about how musicians and musical work are seen and understood.

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‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

Musgrave¹

2022

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“…Musicians remain urged to dedicate their daily hours on practices, score analysis, Widhawan Aryo Pradhita Living in Artistic Career have been restricted. Another study revealed that musicians faced risks in mental health due to job losses, so they need to keep going by optimizing digital media to perform their music (Brunt & Nelligan, 2020). The practice of job crafting in musicians, especially in disruptive times, is considered a key point to overcome difficulties (Petriglieri et al, 2018), in order to maintain work enjoyment (Tims et al, 2014).…”

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Living in Artistic Career: The Role of Job Crafting towards Work Identity for Musicians

Pradhita

2022

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Professional musicians have been continuously facing difficulties in career over time. One of the psychological threats for musicians is to lose their identity at work, which may lead to abandonment of their potential lifetime career. Previous studies have not emphasized the importance of certain work efforts to maintain work identity in the context of music career. This study conducted a literature review on the job crafting role to musicians’ work identity, and aimed to elaborate the existing concepts with the context of music profession. Using theoretical frameworks of job crafting and Job Demand-Resource theory, this study proposed theoretical perspectives to support the theories, by identifying five dimensions of job crafting (task, relational, cognitive, emotional, and physical) for professional musicians, as well as building a conceptual model that may help musicians to maintain work identity. This study also contributed theoretical insights and implications regarding the job crafting role towards identity construction for musicians, which could be considered during the current pandemic.

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“…Located at the intersection of Popular Music Studies and Public Health and as part of a larger study, this article takes into account the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on mental health, wellbeing, and related career trajectories using the example of German EDM DJs. It represents an interdisciplinary research approach, which contributes to a growing body of literature concerning the realities of practice for creative labour(ers) and precarious conditions (for example, Sandoval 2018; Hughes et al 2016;McRobbie 2015;Cloonan 2014;Hesmondhalgh 2011) with a focus on the state of health of musicians within the music industries (for example, Brunt and Nelligan 2020;Gross andMusgrave 2020, 2016;Gross et al 2018). In order to gain access to the lives and (self-)perceptions of EDM DJs, I first approach the experience of crises through selected concepts in the context of psychological research.…”

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Never Waste a Crisis!? – The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Mental Health of EDM DJs

Ptatscheck

2021

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The COVID-19 crisis places an unprecedented strain on an industry already characterized by poor mental health due to challenging working conditions, including the difficulty of sustaining a living, anti-social working hours, exhaustion, and the inability to plan time and future. This article discusses the current mental health conditions of musicians in dealing with the exceptional situation through a retrospective perspective on those affected. Based on a qualitative interview study conducted with EDM DJs during the first lockdown in Germany, I use three exemplary cases to give insights into their individual experienced living environments and working conditions. I show how the COVID-19 crisis is related to their previous life situation, mental state, and personal self-perceptions as DJs. I further argue that the current crisis may not only have a negative impact on the (already poor) mental health of creative professionals but may also bring health-promoting potential.

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The Australian music industry’s mental health crisis: media narratives during the coronavirus pandemic

Cited by 24 publications

References 2 publications

‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

Living in Artistic Career: The Role of Job Crafting towards Work Identity for Musicians

Never Waste a Crisis!? – The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Mental Health of EDM DJs

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