Author Archives: Paul Carr

The Live Music Industry in Wales: A Snapshot of Findings

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Paul Carr

The Welsh Music Industry is currently standing at a crossroads: is it always to be reliant on the industrial infrastructure of England? is it always to accept the fact that concert ticket sales are often slow (making the business of … Continue reading →

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Zappa and Intergrational Meaning: A Quick Example

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paul Carr

I could not resist but to briefly cover an example of Barthes’ ‘intergrational’ meaning via a Zappa video example – ‘Montana’. For me anyway, here are a few examples of the simultaneous narratives that I can hear in the music. … Continue reading →

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Musicology, Zappa and Barthes: More Ideas of how to Listen and Examine Zappa’s Texts

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paul Carr

Here is a sort of part 2 of my Barthes post a couple of weeks ago. That post mainly discussed Frank Zappa’s album covers, and the various messages that are potentially within the image. In this discussion I would like … Continue reading →

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PhD in Frank Zappa

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Paul Carr

A little while ago, I posted about the idea of someone doing a PhD surrounding the work of Frank Zappa. Although I had a few people interested, as of yet – no one has signed up. So – this is … Continue reading →

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Roland Barthes Interpretes Zappa: The Perfect Photo

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Paul Carr

While working on my book on Frank Zappa, I am currently reading a lot of Roland Barthes, and have started to consider how some of his ideas can apply to music. There is a really interesting chapter in his book … Continue reading →

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Foundation Degree for the Music Industry in Wales

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Paul Carr

Well, my European Social Fund Foundation Degree for the music industry in Wales is due to be launched officially in a few days. In the first year, the funding will enable 15 people who live or work within the Welsh … Continue reading →

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The Hermeneutic Circle

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Paul Carr

I have become very interested in the nature of the hermeneutic circle recently, in particularly how it enables us to learn about music. There has been a great deal of literature from both philosophy  (For example Georg Gadamer) and musicicology … Continue reading →

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Musical life in Germany

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Paul Carr

MIZ: Musical life in Germany. Here is a link to a free publication on musical life in Germany. It is is English, and devided in sections such as The Music Industry, state music, the educational system, music theatre, etc etc. … Continue reading →

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The Business of Live Music

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Paul Carr

Well, as promised, here is both the powerpoint presentation and the associated discussion for the talk I done earlier this month at Edinburgh University. This is basically a very brief overview of a 14000 word report I have recently done … Continue reading →

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Three Conference Papers in Four Weeks: The Details

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Paul Carr

Well, it is while since my last post. Over the last 4 weeks I have delivered three papers in three different countries. So – I thought I would give an overview of them here. The first was a paper entitled … Continue reading →

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