I was in London this week, presenting at a conference about Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change. Some really interesting stuff in there – and the keynotes were really quite spectacularly good. Dick Hebdidge (above), who literally wrote the book on Subcultures, presented a fascinating tour from punk rock to centenarians on Facebook via Japanese [...]
Categories: University
Tagged: Conference
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
Keynote speech at Like Minds, Exeter (photo by Harry Duns) I’ve been doing more and more public speaking over the last year or so, and it’s showing little sign of slowing down. I have a couple of upcoming keynote speeches that I’m really excited about over the next month – one music industry event, and [...]
Categories: Music,New Zealand,Radio,Travel,University
Tagged: Auckland, brazil, Conference, Keynote, Speech
I’m in Macclesfield for the next couple of days attending Un-Convention Factory. It’s the 30th anniversary of (Joy Division lead singer) Ian Curtis’s death, and we’re marking that with a special event unlike any other we’ve ever done. There’ll be 8 bands, 100 invited delegates from across the creative industries and 300 attendees who have [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: Conference, Seminar, unconvention
