The excitement in our house this week is the release of (my son) Jake’s album ‘June’. He started on a project at the beginning of this year to make music, and release whatever he’d finished at the end of every three months. So the first of these was a sort of extended EP called ‘March‘, [...]
Categories: Music
I’m in Madrid today at a conference about the independent music industry in the digital age. I’m doing the keynote speech tomorrow, and I’m here with my colleague Jez Collins (left, above) who’s going to be talking about music, identity and cities. The first thing we’ve noticed is the heat. It’s around 40 degrees here. [...]
Categories: Travel,University
Tagged: Conference, Madrid, Seminar
I took a train all the way to Leeds yesterday to take part in an event that’s happening almost exclusively on the internet. The event’s called AmpNMS – a New Music Strategies knowledge event that’s being facilitated by an organisation called Amplified. There are four seminars in AmpNMS – two in the UK, moderated by [...]
Categories: New Music Strategies
Tagged: AmpNMS
Earlier this year, we launched the MA in Music Industries. It’s a course I lead and teach with some of my colleagues at Birmingham City University’s School of Media. It’s been going well so far, with a small group of smart people doing interesting research and study about the music business and popular music culture. [...]
Categories: University
Tagged: Distance Learning, MA, MA Music Industries
