There’s a piece in the Guardian in which DJ and film-maker Don Letts dispenses a few observations about culture and society. There’s one line in it that some friends of mine on Twitter (professional musicians and DJs, as it happens) have seized upon and retweeted as a bit of a ‘hell yeah!’ to the bumper [...]
Categories: culture
Tagged: Art, Creativity, culture, Film, Music
Photo by Dunechaser The record industry is in turmoil. We’ve known that for a long time. But today, the news comes that Guy Hands is desperately trying to stave off a firesale by doing some sort of deal with the other major record labels to manage its catalogue. I’ve been reading a book recently (actually, [...]
Categories: 30 Days,Business,culture,Idea
Tagged: culture, EMI, Recordings
Photo by rockcreek I don’t own a television set, and while I do watch the odd show, it’s usually at a rate of about one or two programmes per week, give or take – and never on any particular schedule.* If I have a bit of downtime, and my brain isn’t up to much, I’ll [...]
Our glamorous campus. Photo courtesy Birmingham City University Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research Research Studentship worth £16,680 Popular music and radio in the digital age The Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research is a rapidly developing centre of research excellence based at Birmingham City University with a community of over thirty academics [...]
Categories: Music,Radio,Technology,University
Tagged: application, culture, media, research
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a Music As Culture project with the band UB40. They’re going to be playing a gig at the Rainbow pub in Digbeth on Tuesday to raise money to help the venue pay for a new soundproof roof over the courtyard, so that they don’t get [...]
Categories: Birmingham,Music,University
Tagged: Birmingham, culture, Music, research, UB40
John Kieffer coping with the bitter cold outside Euston station I met with John Kieffer today. As of today, he’s my mentor. John’s a well-respected figure in the creative sector. He used to be the Director of Performing Arts for the British Council, and has an astonishing CV of accomplishments. I particularly like the fact [...]
Tagged: advice, arts, Business, culture, gilles peterson, heritage, Internet, jazz, life, mentor, Music, online, Personal, Travel
I’ve spent the past couple of days showing Saskia and Piet from Veronica Holdings around Birmingham, and introducing them to some of the more interesting music industry people around town. We’re going to be doing a project together, which involves music, students, mixing, DJs, gadgets and a trans-European party. My job, while they were here, [...]
Categories: Birmingham,Travel
Tagged: Birmingham, culture, Music, tourism, Travel, University
