Amping in Leeds
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...
A firehose of great ideas
Had a great meeting in London today with Toby Moores (aka @sleepydog on Twitter). Steve Lawson and I popped along to have a chat with him about an idea we’ve been kicking around for an online event, and as the power behind Amplified, Toby knows a good deal about...
Relaxing (and plotting) at Steve’s
I’m presenting a lecture at the University of Westminster tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, the trains from Birmingham are stupidly expensive first thing in the morning, so I’ve come down the evening before and the university has provided some on-campus...
Un-Convention: 1st – 3rd October, 2010
From Brass Bands to Colombian Hip Hop. This year’s national Un-Convention event promises to be the biggest and best yet. Taking influence from Un-Convention events around the world and inviting some of the most inspirational and influential figures from the global...
Presentation at Sounds Digital
Before we start, could you please clap, so I can take a photo for my blog? A bit of a rushed presentation this morning at XMediaLab’s Sounds Digital – with almost no voice left at all – but I think I managed to make the main point I was trying to...
Andrew Dubber is the Director of Music Tech Fest and author of books about technology, culture, music and radio in the digital age.