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IASPM UK & Ireland
IASPM UK & Ireland
Online Conference 19th May - 31st July 2020
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  • Registration
  • Closing Session: How Was It for You?
  • Conference Sessions
    • Session 1: Multiculturalism and Diaspora
    • Session 2: The Virtuoso and the Dilettante – Performing Popular Music
    • Session 3: Analysing Popular Music
    • Session 4: Anti-Establishment, Rebellion and Commerce
    • Session 5: Theme: Pedagogies of Popular Music Practice
    • Session 6: Theme: Identity and Theatricality
    • Session 7: Theme: Geographies of Popular Music and Transculturalism
    • Session 8: Theme: The Industrial and Financial Mechanisms of Popular Music
    • Session 9: Theme: Live Music
    • Session 10: Theme: Music and Technology
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Category: Session 2: The Virtuoso and the Dilettante

PETER DOYLE (MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA)

May 26, 2020 Peter Doyle 3 Comments

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE: (RE)CONSIDERING THE MEDIOCRE IN POPULAR MUSIC Bio Peter Doyle is an author, academic and musician, whose books…

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SIMON ZAGORSKI-THOMAS (UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON, UK)

Simon Zagorski-Thomas 8 Comments

Would You Award Björk or Jimi Hendrix A Practice-Led PhD? – what form does new knowledge take in popular music?

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ALEXEI MICHAILOWSKY (YORK UNIVERSITY, CANADA)

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PATSY GALLANT’S USE OF VOCAL TECHNIQUES: CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING A FLUID MUSICAL PERSONA Abstract: In this paper, I examine how…

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J. GRIFFITH ROLLEFSON (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND)

J. Griffith Rollefson 2 Comments

“SOUL CRAFT”: THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF BAD BRAINS, H.R.’s THROAT, AND OTHER HUMAN RESOURCES Abstract: The 1989 album, Quickness, by the…

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Paul Thompson, Sue Miller, Barkley McKay (LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY, UK)

Paul Thompson 1 Comment

ANOTHER TAKE: EXPLORING THE SOUND OF CUBAN DANCE MUSIC USING EXPERIMENTAL ARCHEOLOGY IN THE RECORDING STUDIO Archaeological researchers are finding…

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TOM WILLIAMS (Academy of Contemporary Music (Surrey), UK)

Tom Williams 4 Comments

DISTORTING JAZZ GUITAR: DISTORTION AS EFFECT, CREATIVE TOOL AND EXTENSION OF THE INSTRUMENT Abstract: Notions of aesthetic ‘purity’, tradition, nostalgia…

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EWAN STEFANI (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK)

Ewan Stefani 13 Comments

ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Abstract: This paper argues that despite the increasing popularity of analogue (subtractive) synthesizers, in-depth studies of…

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