Paul Carr is Professor in Popular Music Analysis at the ATRiuM, University of South Wales, in Cardiff. His research interests focus on the areas of musicology, widening access, the music industry and pedagogical frameworks for music related education – publishing extensively in all of these areas. He is also an experienced performing musician, having toured and recorded with artists as diverse as The James Taylor Quartet and ex Miles Davis saxophonist Bob Berg. His most recent books are The Bloomsbury Collection in Rock Music Research (2020, co-edited with Allan Moore), a monograph on Sting (From Northern Lights to Fields of Gold (2017) and an edited collection for Ashgate (Frank Zappa and the And, 2013). For information on consultancy services, please see the tab above.
QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of Philosophy: 2004
Hertfordshire University (2004), supervised by Gavin Bryars
‘The Assimilation of Jazz Aesthetics in the Work of Post 1970s Electric Guitarist Composers’
LLCM (TD): 1994. Licentiate of the London College of Music (Teacher’s Diploma)
BA (hons) Music (2.1): 1993. Middlesex University
CURRENT POSITION
Professor in Popular Music Analysis at the University of South Wales (2017 – Present)
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Reader in Popular Music (2014-2017)
Head of the Division of Music and Sound, University of Glamorgan (2011-2013)
Head of the Music Academy, University of Glamorgan (2005 – 2011)
Head of Popular Music, Bournemouth College (1994–2003)
Prior to 1994, I worked as a professional session musician and part time school teacher/lecturer (based in London). See below for a section of indicative outputs.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Carr, P (2022). ‘Covid Recovery and Early Covid Music Literature’. Journal of World Popular Music. 9/1-2.pp. 5-30.
Carr, P (2022). ‘The Impact of Covid 19 on the Welsh Music Industries’: A Strategic Partnership with Welsh Government. Journal of World Popular Music. 9/1-2.pp. 144-169.
Carr, P (2021). ‘Popular Music Education in. Wales : Opportunities for Change’. Journal of Popular Music Education, 5/1, pp.3-16.
Carr, P, Challis, B (2020). ‘The Impossible Made Real: A Typology of Loops and an Exploration of the Impact of Immediacy and Hypermediacy in Popular Music’, International Association for the Study of Popular Music Journal, 10/1, pp. 43-58.
Carr, P (2020). ‘The Lost and Found Musical History of Merthyr Tydfil’, Popular Music History, Popular Music History, pp. 112-140.
Carr, P (2020). ‘Lost Musical Histories— Curating and Documenting Local Popular Music-Making in the UK’, pp. 5-14.
Carr, P (2014). ‘The Live Music Industry in Wales: The Sustainability and Working Practices of a Nation’, Civilizations (13): The State of Music Industry, Les Presses de l’Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, pp. 201-220.
Carr, P, Hand, R.J (2012). ‘Songs, Stars and Soundtracks: British Cinema and Rock Music’ (in Spanish), L’Atalante. Revista De Estudios Cinematográficos, no14, July – December 2012, pp. 20 – 27.
Carr, P (2011). ‘An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?: The potential negative impacts of restrictive rights on a composers legacy: The case of the Zappa Family Trust’, Contemporary Theatre Review (21/3), pp. 302–316.
Carr, P (2010). ‘National Identity Versus Commerce: An Analysis of Opportunities and Limitations with the Welsh Music Scene for Composers and Performing Musicians’, Popular Music History (5/3), pp. 265–285.
Carr, P (2010). ‘Researching the Development of a Foundation Degree in Musical Instrument Retail Management: A Case Study Partnership between Glamorgan University and Roland UK’, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (2/1), pp. 34-46.
Carr, P., Hand, R.J. (2008). ‘Twist n frugg in an arrogant gesture: Frank Zappa and the Musical-Theatrical Gesture’, Popular Musicology Online (March 2008): http://www.popular-musicology-online.com/issues/05/carr.html
Carr, P., Hand, R.J. (2007). ‘Frank Zappa and musical Theatre: ugly ugly orphan Annie and really deep intense, thought-provoking Broadway symbolism’, Studies in Musical Theatre, Intellect (1/1), pp. 41–56.
Book Chapters
Carr, P, Thomas, L (2022). ‘From National Identity to the Well-Being of Future Generations: Popular Music Within Devolved Welsh Policy-Making Between 1999-2000’, in Shane Homan (ed) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy. Bloomsbury Press.
Carr, P (2022). ‘Buchanan & Goodman, “The Flying Saucer” Parts 1 & 2’, in Sarah Hill, One Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music. Bloomsbury Press.
Carr, P (2020). ‘Rock Music Pedagogy in the UK and US: Ignorance and Elitism?’, in Paul Carr and Allan Moore (ed), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research, Bloomsbury Press.
Carr, P, Moore, A (2020). ‘Rock Music’s Emergence, Censorship and Perceived Death’. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research, Bloomsbury Press.
Carr, P (2016). ‘The Impact of Virtuality in the Creation and Reception of the Music of Frank Zappa’, in Sheila Whitely and Shara Ramarran (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality, Oxford University Press, pp. 81 – 94.
Carr, P (2016). Final Thoughts on Musical Virtuality’, in Sheila Whitely and Shara Ramarran (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality, Oxford University Press, pp. 613 – 625.
Carr, P, Challis, B (2015). ‘Quand l’impossible devient réel : typologie des boucles, impact de l’immédiat et de l’hypermédia sur la pop music’ (‘The Impossible Made Real: A Typology of Loops and an exploration of the impact of immediacy and hypermediacy in Popular Music’). Book Chapter in in Livo Bettoi, Michel Delville, Chrostophe Levaux, Christophe Pirenne, Bouchle et Repetition: musique, literature, arts visuels. Collection Clinamen, pp. 85-102 (in French).
Carr, P (2014). ‘The Big Note, Xenochrony and all Things Contextual, in, Nearchos Panos et al. (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Semiotics: In Memory of Raymond Monelle, The University of Edinburgh, pp. 455-463. ISBN: 978-0-9576548-0-8 (Available at http://sites.ace.ed.ac.uk/edmusemiotics/proceedings/)
Carr,P (2014). ‘Zappanale: My Kind of Music Festival’, in Dieter Jakob, Robert Riedt, Bukhard Schempp (eds), We Are the Other People: 25 Years of Zappanale, Wehrhahn Verlag, pp. 280-283.
Carr, P, Hand, R.J (2013). ‘Ensemble/Improvisation; Drama/Music: An Experiment in Drama/Music Interdisciplinarity’, in John Britton (ed.), Encountering Ensemble, Methuen (UK) /Bloomsbury (US), pp. 170-171.
Carr, P (2013). ‘The Big Note, Xenochrony and All Things Contextual: Frank Zappa and the And’. Book chapter in Paul Carr (ed.), Frank Zappa and the And, Ashgate, 2013. pp. 1–16.
Carr, P (2013). ‘Zappa and Technology: His incorporation of Time, Space and Place when Performing, Composing and Arranging Music’. Book chapter in Paul Carr (ed.), Frank Zappa and the And, Ashgate. pp. 133–147.
Carr, P (2010). ‘Make a Sex Noise Here: Frank Zappa, Sex and Popular Music’. Book chapter in Helms, D, Phelps, T (eds), Thema Nr. 1: Sex Und Populäre Musik. Transcript. pp.135-149 (In German).
Carr, P (2009). ‘An Analysis of Post 1970s Electric Guitarists who have Fused the Jazz Aesthetic with Other Music Forms’. Book chapter in Kurkela, V, Vakeva, L (eds), De Canonizing Music History. Cambridge University Press, pp. 83–93.
Edited Books and Collections
Carr, P (2022). The Impacts of Covid 19 on the Music Industries of the Global North. Guest editorship of a ‘double edition’ of The Journal of Popular Music of the World. Equinox.
Carr, P (2021). Popular Music Education in Wales. Guest editorship of The Journal of Popular Music Education, (5.1). Intellect.
Carr, P (2020). Lost Musical Histories— Curating and Documenting Local Popular Music-Making in the UK. Special Edition of Popular Music History. Equinox.
Carr, P., Moore, A (2020). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research. Bloomsbury.
Carr, P (2013). Frank Zappa and the And, Ashgate.
Monographs
arr, P (2018): Sting: Ritorno ai Cieli del Nord: Dai Last Exit a The Last Ship (In Italian), Galaad Edizioni.
Carr, P. (2017): Sting: From Northern Skies to Fields of Gold, Reaktion.
Industry Reports
Carr, P (2022). ‘Mapping the Music Industries in Wales: A Report for Creative Wales’.
Carr, P., Bop Consulting (2022). ‘Economic Costing of Welsh Music Industries (2019)’.
Carr, P (2020) ‘The Welsh Music Industry in a Post Covid World: A Report for the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee’, Live Music Exchange.
Carr, P (2018) ‘International Best Practice in Music Performance Education Models and Associated Learning Outcomes for Wales, Welsh Government
Carr, P, Dennis, R, Hand, R (2014). ‘Dancing With Inter-disciplinarity: Strategies and Practices in HE Dance, Drama And Music, The Higher Education Academy. Available at https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/dancing-interdisciplinarity
Carr, P, Hand, R.J (2012). ‘An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Teaching: The Music Theatre of Frank Zappa’, in David Pearson (ed.), A Celebration of Dance, Drama and Music in UK Higher Education, The Higher Education Academy, Available at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/disciplines/dance-drama-music/The-PALATINE-Collection-Aug2012 [Accessed 14 May 2015].
Carr, P (2012). ‘The Relationships Between Higher Education and the Live Music Industry’, The Higher Education Academy, Available at https://www.scribd.com/document/272863635/Higher-Education-Academy-Report [accessed 14 May 2019]
Carr, P (2011). ‘Investigating the Live Music Industry within Wales: A Critical Analysis: A Report For The Welsh Music Foundation’ ,Welsh Music Foundation: Available at https://www.scribd.com/document/272863795/Report-Investigating-Live-Music-Sector-in-Wales
Other Publications
Carr, P (2021). Football’s Coming Home: What Makes a Great Tournament Anthem? The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/footballs-coming-home-what-makes-a-great-tournament-anthem-162813
Carr, P (2016). ‘David Bowie Tribute’, Wales Arts Review. Available at: http://www.walesartsreview.org/david-bowie-a-tribute/ [assessed 17 February 2016].
Carr, P (2021). Football’s Coming Home: What Makes a Great Tournament Anthem? The Conversation. Available here.
Carr, P (2016). An Oral History of Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil: The Formation of a Digital Archive (Part 2), The Merthyr Tydfil Times, September 2016, p. 26 [see http://tmtt.wales/tmtt_002.htm ].
Carr, P (2016). An Oral History of Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil: The Formation of a Digital Archive (Part 1), The Merthyr Tydfil Times, August 2016, p. 14 [see http://tmtt.wales/tmtt_002.htm ].
Carr, P (2016). ‘An Oral History of Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil, 1955-1975: Available at: http://louderthanwar.com/an-oral-history-of-popular-music-in-merthyr-tydfil-1955-1970/ [Accessed 16 September 2016].
Carr, P (2010). ‘Frank Zappa Tribute’. The Rondo Hatton Report (4): Available at: http://www.rhreport.net/archive.html [Accessed 18 July 2012].
Carr, P (2009). ‘An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright? The means through which Frank Zappa translated and adapted both his own and other composers music’. Encontros de Investigao em Performance. Universidade de Aveiro. ISBN: 978-972-789-209-7 (Conference Proceedings)
Carr, P., Delville, M (2009). ‘King Kong: A Conversational Analysis’. The Rondo Hatton Report (1): http://www.rhreport.net/archive.html [Accessed 18 July 2012].
Carr, P., Hand, R (2006). ‘An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Teaching: The Music Theatre of Frank Zappa’. Palatine: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/palatine/dev-awards/carr-hand-report.pdf [Accessed 18 July 2012].
Transcription Books
Carr, P (2007). ‘50 Reggae Hits For Buskers’, Wise Publications, IBSN 978-1-84609-742-3.
Carr, P (2005). ‘The Big Guitar Chord Songbook: The Fifties’, Wise Publications, ISBN 0-7119-4050-9.
Carr, P (2006). ‘The Big Guitar Chord Songbook: More Seventies Hits’, Wise Publications, ISBN 0-7119-4048-7.
Carr, P (2004). ‘The Big Brit Pop Chord Songbook’, Wise Publications, ISBN 1844490920.
Carr, P (2004). ‘The Best of Fleetwood Mac Chord Songbook’, Wise Publications. ISBN 0711998817
Carr, P (2004).’The Classic Rock Songbook, Wise Publications,1-84449-477-2.
Carr, P (2004). ‘The Essential Acoustic Album’, Wise Publications, ISBN 0711934010.
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ALBUM CREDITS
James Taylor Quartet (2002). Hamondology, Sanctuary Records, SANDD099.
James Taylor Quartet (1995). The BBC Sessions, Nighttracks, CDNT010.
The Paul Carr Quartet (Featuring ex Miles Davis saxophone player Bob Berg) (1989). A Certain Kind Of Freedom, Polydor, 841 923-2.
The Jazz Renegades (1989). Freedom Samba, Polydor Records, 839 651-1.
James Taylor Quartet (1989) It Doesnt Matter. Urban Urbx 43
James Taylor Quartet (1989). Acid Jazz and Other Illicit Grooves. Urban 837925-2
James Taylor Quartet (1989). Breakout, Urban Urbcd, 38.
James Taylor Quartet (1988). Get Organised, Verve, 839405-2.
Independent Records
Paul Carr (2005). Walking Distance, Independent Release.
Paul Carr (2000). Transformation, Independent Release.
COMPOSITION COMMISSIONS
Carr, P (2007). Selected compositions for world premier of Victor Hugos Lucretia Borgia, Highgate, London, 2007.
Carr, P (2007). ‘Gabriela’, Performed at Piaculum. Improvisation Continuums: theorising practice across disciplines. Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries. April 2007.
Carr, P (2007). ‘Well I Never’, Compositions for interdisciplinary art instillation, Pontypridd, August 2007: http://www.wellinever.org/ [Accessed 18 July 2012].
Carr, P (2006). ‘Ionclean Soundtrack’, composed for Art station advertising company.
Carr, P (2006). ‘The Horse Whisperer’, Dark Horse Media, 2006.
Carr, P (2004). ‘The A to Z of Food’. Dark Horse Media.
RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Carr, P (2021), ‘The Lost and Found Musical History of Merthyr Tydfil: A Case Study in Local Music Making. The International Association for the Study of Popular Music Conference, US Branch. Online.
Carr, P (2021), ‘The Welsh Music Industry in a Post Covid World: A Report for the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee’. International for the Study of Popular Music UK Branch, Online Symposium.
Carr, P (2020). ‘Lost Musical Histories— Curating and Documenting Local Popular Music-Making in the UK’, The Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditional Music 15th Annual Conference, University of Cork, February 2020.
Carr, P. ‘Rock Music Pedagogy in the UK and US: Ignorance or Elitism?’, Celebrating Diversity in Popular Music Education Conference, New York University, June 2018.
Carr, P. ‘The Lost and Found Musical History of Merthyr Tydfil, IASPM-ANZ 2017: MIXING POP & POLITICS, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, December 2017.
Carr, P. ‘How Do Musical Memories, Mediated Through Technologies, Impact Identity and Nostalgia?: The Heritage of Live Popular Music Making in Merthyr Tydfil 1955 to the Mid 1970s’, 6th European Communications Conference: Mediated [Di]scontinuities: Contesting Pasts, Presents and Futures, Charles University, Prague, November 2016.
Carr, P. ‘Frank Zappa and Virtuality’, The University of Sussex, IASPM bi-annual conference, Brighton UK, September 2016
Carr, P. ‘Matching Mole, Progressive Style, Genre and Protest’, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, May 2016.
Carr, P. ‘Sting and the Protest Song, Songs of Social Protest, University of Limerick, Ireland, April, 2015.
Carr, P. ‘Sting, National Identity, Personae and the Balance of the Local and Global, The Languages of Popular Music: Communicating Regional Musics in a Globalized World, University of Osnabrück, Germany, September, 2014.
Carr, P. ‘Sting and the Gravitational Pull of Newcastle, International Conference on Traditional Music: Music, Place and Community, University of Galway, Ireland, February 2014.
Carr, P. ‘The Big Note, Xenochrony and All Things Contextual: Frank Zappa and the And’, International Conference on Music Semiotics in Memory of Raymond Monelle, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, October 2012.
Carr, P. ‘The Relationships Between Higher Education and the Live Music Industry’, 21st Century Musician Conference, The University of Kingston, Kingston, London, May 2012.
Carr, P. ‘The Relationships Between Higher Education and the Live Music Industry’, Live Music Exchange, Interesting Times For Local Live Music Conference, Leeds College of Music, Leeds, May 2012.
Carr, P. ‘Investigating The Live Music In Wales: A Critical Analysis: Interim findings of a research project financed by the Welsh Assembly Government’, The Business of Live Music Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, April 2011.
Carr, P, Challis, B. ‘The Impossible Made Real: A Typology of Loops and an exploration of the impact of immediacy and hypermediacy in Popular Music’, Boucle et répétition: Musique, littérature, arts visuels, Université de Liège, Liège, March 2011.
Carr, P. ‘Fair Use, Grand Rights and the Zappa Family Trust: A legal and ethical examination of the enforcement of restrictive rights by a copyright holder’. The IASPM-Norden 2010 Conference on Music, Law and Business, Helsinki, November 2010.
Carr, P. ‘A Phenomenological Analysis Of Musical Engagement When Recording, Performing and Rehearsing With The James Taylor Quartet’, Biannual Conference of the International Association Of Popular Music. Cardiff University, Cardiff. September 2010.
Carr, P. ‘Dickies Such An Asshole: Frank Zappa, Popular Music and Politics’, 20th Century Music and Politics Conference, Bristol University, Bristol. April 2010.
Carr, P. ‘An Emic and Etic Analysis Of The Impact Of Creative Listening When Recording And Performing With The James Taylor Quartet’, International Conference on Traditional Music, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland, February 2010.
Carr, P. ‘The Big Note: The Ultimate Gesture: The Incorporation of Time and Space in Performing, Composing, Arranging and Producing Frank Zappas music’, The Fifth Annual Art of Record Production Conference, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, November 2009.
Carr, P. ‘Make a Sex Noise Here: Frank Zappa, Sex and Popular Music’, Sex und populre Musik, Halle an der Saale, Germany. September 2009.
Carr, P. ‘An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?: The Means through which Frank Zappa Translated and Adapted both his Own and Other Composers’ Music’, Performa 09 Encontros de Investigao em Performance, University of Evora, Portugal. May 2009.
Carr, P. ‘No one had ever heard a guitar played like that before: The Assimilation of Jazz Aesthetics in the Work of Post 1970s Electric Guitarist Composers’, De-Canonizing Music History: International Symposium For Histories of Popular Music, Jazz, and Folk Music. Helsinki Sibelius Academy, November 2007.
Carr, P. ‘Gabriella’, Piaculum. Improvisation Continuums: theorising practice across disciplines, Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, Cardiff April 2007.
Carr, P. ‘Stuff That Is Not Normal: Frank Zappa, Halloween and Horror. Halloween’, An International Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University. October-November 2006.
Carr, P. ‘Twist n frugg in an arrogant gesture: Frank Zappa and the Musical-Theatrical Gesture’, Second International Conference on Music and Gesture. Royal Northern College of Music and Drama, Manchester, July 2006.
Carr, P. ‘Ugly Orphan Annie and Really Deep, Intense, Thought-Provoking Broadway Symbolism’, Song, Stage & Screen Interdisciplinary approaches to the stage and Screen. University of Portsmouth, April 2006.
Carr, P. ‘An analysis of post 1970s electric guitarists who have fused the jazz aesthetic with other music forms’, Inscriptions in the Sand: The Eighth Literature and Humanities Conference, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, May, 2005.
RECENT GUEST LECTURES/KEY NOTES AND WORKSHOPS
Carr, P. A. Quest for Authenticity: Sting and the Gravitational Pull of Newcastle. Modern Heavy Metal Conference, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. June, 2019.
Carr, P. ‘An Autocratic Approach to Copyright?’: The Case of the Zappa Family Trust, Paris, Philharmonie, September 2018
Carr, P. ‘The Lost and Found Musical History of Merthyr Tydfil’, University of Limerick, Ireland, September 2018.
Carr, P. ‘Sting, Identity and Personae: The Gravitational Pull of Newcastle. Key Note Lectures at Wallsend Library, September 2017
Tyne Idols (Newcastle), September 2017
Books on the Tyne Festival, November 2017
University of Bristol, November 2017
Birmingham City University, April 2018
Westbourne Book Festival April 2018,
University of South Wales, April 2018
Carr, P. ‘Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil 1955 – 1975: The formation of a digital archive’, Workers Education Association, Theatre Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, November 2016.
Carr, P. ‘Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil 1955 – 1975: The formation of a digital archive’, Global Village Festival, Theatre Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, July 2016.
Carr, P. ‘Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil 1955 – 1975’, Merthyr Tydfil Family History Society, Theatre Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, June 2016.
Carr, P. ‘Magnetic North: Sting and Identity’, Newcastle University, April 2016.
Carr, P. ‘Frank Zappa and the And’, Bath Spa University, May 2014.
Carr, P. ‘Time, Space and Virtuality in the Music of Frank Zappa, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, November 2013 (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ObCjj0TXU)
Carr, P. ‘Frank Zappa: A Case Study in Musicological Research’, John Bird Public Lectures, Cardiff University, November, 2011.
Carr, P. ‘The Live Music Scene in Wales’, The Institute of Welsh Affairs, Chapter Arts, Cardiff, July 2011.
Carr, P. ‘The Changing Music Industry’, The Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Wales, May 2011.
Carr, P. ‘Frank Zappa and the ‘And’: An introduction to his position in the epistemological divide’, The University of Valencia, Spain, April 2011.
Carr, P. ‘National Identity versus Commerce: An Analysis of the Opportunities and Limitations within the Welsh Music Scene for Composers and Performing Musicians’, The Centre for Media and Culture in Small Nations Lecture Series, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales, January 2011.
Carr, P. ‘The Welsh Music Industry: An Interim Discussion of The Welsh Music Foundation Report’, Various locations throughout Wales, September – December 2010.
Carr, P. ‘A Multidiscipline Approach To Making a Living in the Music Industry’, The Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Wales, August 2010.
Carr, P. ‘Frank Zappa: Researching a Musical Legend’, The 20th Zappanale Music Festival, Bad Doberan, Germany, August 2009.
Carr, P. ‘A Case for Work Based Learning: An FD In Music Retail Management’, Roland Music Academies Annual Conference, Birmingham, June 2009.
Carr, P. ‘Popular Music Performance Assessment’, Palatine Starting Out in Assessing Performance Conference. Swansea University, Swansea, December 2008.
Carr, P. ‘Music Foundation Degrees: New Levels of Construction’, Roland Music Academies Annual Conference, St Pierre, Chepstow, October 2008.
Carr, P. ‘Assessing Popular Music Performance: Assessment Methodologies in Practice’, Welsh Music Education Conference, City Hall, Cardiff, October 2008.
Carr, P. ‘The Implementation Of Digital Presentations And CMS Into The Popular Music Curriculum Two Case Studies’, University Of Glamorgan, Cardiff, June 2008.
Carr, P. ‘The Roland Music Academy an HE Perspective’, Walsall College, May 2008.
Carr, P. ‘Locating Frank Zappa in a Multidisciplinary Context: An Introduction’, Aalborg University, Denmark, March 2008.
Carr, P. ‘Frank Zappa: A Case Study in Musical Research’, Trinity College, Carmarthen, October 2007.
BOOK REVIEWS
Carr, P. Review of Studying Popular Music Culture 2nd Edition by Tim Wall, Popular Music, Volume 34, Issue 3, October 2015, pp. 507 – 509
Carr, P. Review of The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles by Kenneth Womack by Kenneth Womack, 20th Century Music, Volume 8, Issue 2, July 2012, pp. 256 – 260.
Carr, P. Review of Music Education in the 21st Century in the United Kingdom by Susan Hallam and Andrea Creech. Popular Music, Volume 30, Issue 09, September 2011, pp. 477 – 499.
Carr, P. Review of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin, Popular Music, Volume 28, Issue 02, May 2009, pp. 263 – 265.
Carr, P. Review of The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music by James E. Perone, Popular Music, Volume 27, Issue 02, May 2008, pp. 335-336.
Carr, P. Review of Satchmo: The Lewis Armstrong Encyclopedia, by Michael Meckna. Popular Music, Volume 24, Issue 02, May 2005, pp. 304-305.
EXTERNAL GRANT SUCCESSES
Carr, P (2022). ‘A Post Covid Economic Costing of the Music Industries in Wales’. Welsh Government (£3000).
Carr, P (2021) ‘Mapping and Costing the Music Industries in Wales’. Welsh Government (£3000).
Carr, P (2018) ‘International Best Practice in Music Performance Education Models and Associated Learning Outcomes for Wales, Welsh Government (£2200).
Carr, P (2017). ‘Lost and Found: Recollecting Musical Memories in Merthyr Tydfil’, The Arts and Humanities Research Council ‘Being Human’ Festival. (£1200).
Carr, P (2014). ‘Dancing With Inter-disciplinarity: Strategies and Practices in HE Dance, Drama And Music, The Higher Education Academy (£3000).
Carr, P (2013). ‘The Valley Lines Music Map’. Creative Wales Exchange Network (£2472).
Carr, P (2012). ‘Employability: HE and the Welsh Music Industry’, The Higher Education Academy (£3600).
Carr, P (2011). ‘The Development of Foundation Degree in Music Industry Entrepreneurship’, European Social Fund (£549594).
Carr, P (2010). ‘Investigating the Live Music Industry in Wales: A Critical Analysis’, Welsh Assembly Government (£8048).
Carr, P (2009). ‘The Development of a Junior Music Academy Initiative’, Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust (£24317).
Carr, P (2008). ‘Our Place in the Future: An Investigation Into Partnering With Communities First Schools Beacons For Public Engagement’, The Beacons for Public Engagement (£6418).
Carr, P., Hand, R.J. (2006). ‘An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Teaching: The Musical Theatre of Frank Zappa’, Palatine (£960).
EXAMPLES OF POST GRADUATE RELATED SUPERVISION TOPICS
Welsh and Khasi Cultural Dialogues: Building A Musical Collaboration, 2019
Engaging with Electro Swing: Resurrection, Recontextualisation and Remix, 2019
The Work of Moving Being, 1974-1988 (PhD, 2018)
Before we create the art, we must create the artist”: The Persona in the Creation of Popular Music (PhD, 2017)
The Record Producer in Maltese Music: A Critical Reflection (PhD, 2017)
Frank Zappa: The Orchestral Question (PhD, 2016)
A Common Approach? : Occupational Health and Wellbeing in the UK Conservatoire Sector (PhD, 2015)
An Investigation into the use of Vertical Layering Soundtrack as an Integral Part of the Information System of a Video Game (MPhil, 2015)
An investigation of Contemporary Church Worship Music practices and the relevance of Vocational Music Education in Colleges of Further and Higher Education (MRES, 2014)
Wonderbrass: Creating a Community around Music (PhD, 2013).
Profiling a Metal Mastermind: The Production Aesthetics of Andy Sneap (MRes, 2012).
Are We Ready For the Teaches of Peaches: Peaches, Portals And The Post Feminine Body (MRes, 2010).
Sonic Crossroads: an investigation into how new technologies impact on the creative processes in storytelling (MRes, 2008).
PHD EXAMINING
Richard James Burgess: Structural Change In The Music Industry: The Evolving Role Of The Record Producer 2007
Mike Howlett: The Record Producer as Nexus – creative inspiration, technology and the recording industry.
Glen Hodges: The Analysis of Jazz Improvisational Language and its use in Generating New Composition and Improvisation. Macquarie University. Sidney, Australia. 2008
Tomasz Zbigniew Michalak: “The Megaphone of Destiny:” Composition, Voice and Multitude in the Auditory Avant-Garde of the Twentieth Century from Gertrude Stein to Frank Zappa. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2014.
Mark Thorley: The Unexplored Impact of Emergent Technologies on Music Industry Stakeholders: Aspirants, Producers and Consumers. The University of Coventry, 2016.
Pete Hodges: Sound & Vision: Towards a Definition of the Dialogical Interactions between Image and Sound Effect in Animated Film, University of South Wales, 2016.
Wycliffe E. “Ricky” Braithwaite: Caribbean Cultural Musical Identities and Their Sources of Influence: A Study of Caribean Musical Phrasings and Interpretations. The University of West Indies, 2018.
Andrei Sora. The Persona in Instrumental Rock. The University of Surrey, 2018.
Matthew Flynn. Thinking Out Loud: Modelling Music-Makers’ Decision-Making, University of Liverpool. 2019.
Michael Cook. Improvisation in Rock: Revealing the Extent to Which Capturing Spontaneity is Fundamental to Recorded Rock Music. University of Newcastle, 2022.
INSTITUTE MEMBERSHIP
Performing Rights Society
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society
Phonographic Performance Ltd
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
The Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
EXTERNAL EXAMINING EXPERIENCE
Sunderland University (July 2014 – Present)
Leeds College of Music (July 2014 – 2017)
Edinburgh Napier University (January 2012 – 2015)
Liverpool Hope University (2008 – 2012)
Bath Spa University (2007 – 2011)
University of Leeds (2006-2010)
Sunderland University (2004-2008)
University of Highlands and Islands (2004-2008)
External University Consultations
University of the Highlands and Islands: Final Approval MA Music and the Environment (April 2018)
Falmouth University: Final approval: BA(Hons) Creative Music Performance (online) / BA(Hons) Creative Songwriting (online) / BA(Hons) Innovation in Artist Management (online) (January 2014)
Southampton Solent University: MA in Songwriting and MA in Music Festivals expert consultation (March 2012).
De Montfort University: FD degree expert consultation (July 2009)
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