Professor of Theory Virginia L. Murchison Regents Professor in Fine Arts
About
Eric Drott received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2001, where he taught prior to coming to The University of Texas at Austin. His research spans a number of subjects: contemporary music cultures, streaming music platforms, music and protest, genre theory, digital music, and the political economy of music. His first book, Music and the Elusive Revolution (University of California Press, 2011), examines music and politics in France after May ’68, in particular how different music communities (jazz, rock, contemporary music) responded to the upheavals of the period. His second book Streaming Music, Streaming Capital (Duke University Press, 2024) examines the political economy of music streaming platforms. He is also co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Protest Music with Noriko Manabe (Temple University).
Drott has presented papers at national and international conferences, including the Society for Music Theory, the American Musicological Society, the International Musicological Society, the Modernist Studies Association, and the International Conference on Twentieth-Century Music. Articles have appeared in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Cultural Politics, the Journal of the Society for American Music, Critical Inquiry, the Journal of Music Theory, Twentieth-Century Music, as well as several collections of essays.
Drott is a recipient of a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2020 he received the Dent Medal from the Royal Musical Association for his contributions to music research.
Courses
MUS 321J
20th-Century Musical Analysis
MUS 388M 4
Current Trends in Music Theory
MUS 388M 3
Contemporary Styles and Techniques
UGS 303
Music, Protest, and Social Movements
Recent Publications
Streaming Music, Streaming Capital. Duke University Press, 2024.
The Oxford Handbook of Protest Music. Co-edited with Noriko Manabe.
“From Studies of Protest Music to Protest Music Studies: Mapping a Field that Doesn’t Exist (Yet).” Music Research Annual 4 (2023).
“’Is your baby getting enough music?’ Musical interventions into gestational labor.” Co-authored with Marie Thompson. Women and Music 26 (2022).
“Music and the Cybernetic Mundane.” Resonance 2 no. 4 (2021).
“Copyright, Compensation, and Commons in the Music AI Industry.” Creative Industries Journal (2020).
“Copyright, Compensation, and Commons in the Music AI Industry.” Creative Industries Journal (2020), 1-18
“Fake Streams, Listening Bots, and Click Farms: Counterfeiting Attention in the Streaming Music Economy.” American Music vol. 38 no. 2 (2020), 153-175.
“Music and Socialism: Three Moments.” Twentieth Century Music vol. 16 no. 1 (2019), 7-31.
“Music in the Work of Social Reproduction.” Cultural Politics vol. 15 no. 2 (Summer 2019).
“Why the Next Song Matters: Streaming, Recommendation, Scarcity.” Twentieth Century Music vol. 15 no. 3 (Fall 2018).
“Music as a Technology of Surveillance.” Journal of the Society for American Music vol. 12 no. 3 (August 2018), pp. 233-267
Eric Drott received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2001, where he taught prior to coming to The University of Texas at Austin. His research spans a number of subjects: contemporary music cultures, streaming music platforms, music and protest, genre theory, digital music, and the political economy of music. His first book, Music and the Elusive Revolution (University of California Press, 2011), examines music and politics in France after May ’68, in particular how different music communities (jazz, rock, contemporary music) responded to the upheavals of the period. His second book Streaming Music, Streaming Capital (Duke University Press, 2024) examines the political economy of music streaming platforms. He is also co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Protest Music with Noriko Manabe (Temple University).
Drott has presented papers at national and international conferences, including the Society for Music Theory, the American Musicological Society, the International Musicological Society, the Modernist Studies Association, and the International Conference on Twentieth-Century Music. Articles have appeared in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Cultural Politics, the Journal of the Society for American Music, Critical Inquiry, the Journal of Music Theory, Twentieth-Century Music, as well as several collections of essays.
Drott is a recipient of a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2020 he received the Dent Medal from the Royal Musical Association for his contributions to music research.
MUS 321J
20th-Century Musical Analysis
MUS 388M 4
Current Trends in Music Theory
MUS 388M 3
Contemporary Styles and Techniques
UGS 303
Music, Protest, and Social Movements
Streaming Music, Streaming Capital. Duke University Press, 2024.
The Oxford Handbook of Protest Music. Co-edited with Noriko Manabe.
“From Studies of Protest Music to Protest Music Studies: Mapping a Field that Doesn’t Exist (Yet).” Music Research Annual 4 (2023).
“’Is your baby getting enough music?’ Musical interventions into gestational labor.” Co-authored with Marie Thompson. Women and Music 26 (2022).
“Music and the Cybernetic Mundane.” Resonance 2 no. 4 (2021).
“Copyright, Compensation, and Commons in the Music AI Industry.” Creative Industries Journal (2020).
“Copyright, Compensation, and Commons in the Music AI Industry.” Creative Industries Journal (2020), 1-18
“Fake Streams, Listening Bots, and Click Farms: Counterfeiting Attention in the Streaming Music Economy.” American Music vol. 38 no. 2 (2020), 153-175.
“Music and Socialism: Three Moments.” Twentieth Century Music vol. 16 no. 1 (2019), 7-31.
“Music in the Work of Social Reproduction.” Cultural Politics vol. 15 no. 2 (Summer 2019).
“Why the Next Song Matters: Streaming, Recommendation, Scarcity.” Twentieth Century Music vol. 15 no. 3 (Fall 2018).
“Music as a Technology of Surveillance.” Journal of the Society for American Music vol. 12 no. 3 (August 2018), pp. 233-267
Contact Information
Email address
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Website
Theory Division Website
512.471.3478
MRH 3.730
Teaching Areas
Music Theory
Research Areas
Contemporary Music Cultures
Streaming Music
Music and Protest
Genre Theory
Digital Music
Political Economy of Music
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Yale University
Bachelor of Arts
University of Pennsylvania