Sounds Irish, Acts Global - Explaining the Success of Ireland's Popular Music Industry - Michael Mary Murphy
The Corrs: ...'genetically engineer the perfect pop group'
Sounds Irish, Acts Global - Explaining the Success of Ireland's Popular Music Industry - Michael Mary Murphy
Michael Mary Murphy [+]
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin
Michael Mary Murphy is a lecturer on the music industry at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin. He worked in the music industry for twenty years as an artist manager as well as an artist and repertoire (A&R) manager in New York and London. He has published a number of articles on the Irish music industry for academic journals and contributes to radio and print media outlets on Irish music industry topics.
Description
Members of the Corr family formed a band to audition for the film, The Commitments. Although their management company was locally based, initially they effectively bypassed the local music industry in Ireland. While they eventually achieved very large global sales, their career pathway was not straightforward. Their career is an example of how artists can benefit from support from several countries, and not just from the music epicentre where they signed their record contract.