I decided to stay on at Music Tech Fest after my presentation yesterday, and ended up joining in with the hack challenges. There were plenty that I had nothing to contribute to, as I can’t write code or programme in any way – but one of the hack challenges caught my attention: “reinvent music radio”. [...]
Categories: Music,Technology
Tagged: application, Music, Radio, tech
I’m giving an academic conference paper tomorrow at the Rhythm Changes jazz cultures research conference at Media City in Salford. My presentation’s centred around the Auckland jazz scene in the mid to late 1990s. There are some interesting aspects to that scene: the cross-pollination between local hip hop and jazz, the influx of Australian musicians, [...]
Categories: Research
I’ve had several interesting lunchtime meetings today (though only one lunch). For my first meeting, I sat down with my teaching colleagues Sam Coley (left) and Andy Martindale to talk about the direction of our Music Programming undergraduate module. It’s part of the radio degree, but it’s also something other Media students can choose as [...]
Categories: University
I finally received feedback on my book Radio in the Digital Age from the external reviewers. The publisher has sent me the comments and suggestions from anonymous peers, whose advice can range from minor suggestions through to a complete rewrite – or even “don’t publish”. This is the bit that academic authors dread. Or at [...]
Categories: Book
Tagged: Radio, research, review, University, writing
