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Survivor Guitarist Sues Mike Huckabee Over ‘Eye of the Tiger’ Use
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is facing a lawsuit stemming from a September rally where the former Arkansas governor used Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” without permission. Survivor’s Frankie Sullivan, who co-wrote the 1982 single, is suing Huckabee for unspecified … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Live Music, Music Industry, Musicology
Tagged copyright, Eye of the Tiger, Forensic Musicology, Mike Huckabee
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The Benefits of Listening to and Performing Music
Here is a fantastic video, which builds on my post from last week regarding the interlectual benefits of engaging with music. Recent research indicates that engaging with music as either either a listener or performer has a unique impact on … Continue reading
Music graduates are more employable than you might think | Education | The Guardian
Just read an interesting article in The Guardian which outlines the employability music graduates. The article goes on to discuss the array of professions that music graduates enter – and the important skills that good degrees indoctrinate into their awards. I … Continue reading
Copyright in Lyrics: The Case of Taylor Swift
There was an article in The Guardian today that discusses the $42m lawsuit against Taylor Swift by Jesse Graham. Firstly, before we start – here are the videos of the two tracks in question – Swift’s ‘Shake it Off’ and … Continue reading
Funding Popular Music in Wales: Some Suggestions.
Although these links are intended for my current final year popular music students, in reality they will be of interest for anyone interested in accessing funding to develop their careers in the popular music industry in Wales. Obviously, I will … Continue reading
The Demise of the Triangular Mix: Why Has it happened?
In Alan Moore’s excellent paper with Ruth Dockwary, he discusses the demise of what he calls the ‘Triangular’ mix – which has been replaced by the ‘diagonal’. To get an understanding of this, listen the ‘The Wind Cry’s Mary’ by Jimi … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Diagonal mix, hendrix, mix, musicology, paul carr, Triangular mix
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Critical Listening and Students: Popular Music and Form
In preparation for a musicology lecture this week, I began to think about the importance of students having an awareness of the general conventions in popular music. Factors such as an awareness of the commonality of eight bar sections (verses … Continue reading
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Tagged black dog, elements of music, harmony, kashmir, living in the past, money, musical form, paul carr, popular music, popular song, rhythm
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Have we seen an end time signature experimentation in main stream pop music: If so Why?
In preparation for a lecture this week, I was considering examples of popular music that use time signatures other than 4/4 or 3/4. As you will see in the Facebook responses below – the vast majority of responses where either … Continue reading
Posted in Music Industry, Musicology
Tagged experimentation, music analysis, musicology, songwriting, time signatures
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Prioritising the Elements of Music as a Starting Point of Analysis
This weeks podcast concerns how we can begin to use the elements of music as a starting point of music analysis. It starts with three main questions How are the elements being used? This can be as basic as a … Continue reading
Starting to Think About Music: Song Arrangement and Track
Here is a podcast of an introductory lecture on ways we can think about popular music analysis, and the differences between Song, Arrangement and Track.
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Tagged analysis, arrangement, eduard hanslick, musical form, songs, T rack
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