This collection presents a range of essays on contemporary music distribution and consumption patterns and practices. The contributors to the collection use a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, discussing the consequences and effects of the digital distribution of music as it is manifested in specific cultural contexts.

Accessible accounts of uses of networked music technology

Editors' Introduction - Raphaël Nowak and Andrew Whelan.- 1.The People's Mixtape: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Without the Internet in Contemporary Cuba - Tom Astley.- 2.Musica Analytica: The Datafication of Listening - Robert Prey.- 3.The Legacy of Napster - Matthew David.- 4.Streaming Music in Japan: Corporate Cultures as Determinants of Listening Practice - Noriko Manabe.- 5.Making Sense of Acquiring Music in Mexico City - Víctor Ávila-Torres.- 6.Reading Songs, Experiencing Music: Co-creation, Materiality and Expertise in Beck's Song Reader - Antoni Roig and Gemma San Cornelio.- 7.The Digital Music Boundary Object - Raphaël Nowak and Andrew Whelan.- 8.'A Step Back to the Dark Ages of the Music Industry': Experiencing the Democratization of Record Production and Discourses on Spotify in the Finnish Music Industries Communication Group 'Kuka Mitä Häh?' - Juho Kaitajärvi-Tiekso.- 9.Off the Charts: The Implications of Incorporating Streaming Data into the Charts - Steve Collins and Pat O'Grady.- 10.Rethinking the Digital Playlist: Mixtapes, Nostalgia, and Emotionally Durable Design - Kieran Fenby-Hulse.- 11.A Song for Ireland? Policy Discourse and Wealth Generation in the Music Industry in the Context of Digital Upheavals and Economic Crisis - Jim Rogers and Anthony Cawley.- 12.Pachelbel this Ain't: Mashups and Canon (De)formation - Anthony Cushing .- 13.Streaming the Everyday Life - Anja Nylund Hagen