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STING: GEORDIE IDENTITY AND SOME THOUGHTS ON THE LAST SHIP
I was back in Newcastle for one of Sting’s three The Last Ship shows, at The Sage in Gateshead last weekend. As I am in the closing stages of my book on Sting, it provided the perfect setting – … Continue reading
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Tagged akenside syndrome, Frank Zappa, Gateshead, Geordie, Geordie Identity, Jimmy Nail, joe starky, Newcastle, paul carr, sting, The Last Ship, The Sage, the Unthanks, The Wilson Family
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Sting and the Protest Song
I am presenting a paper relating to my Sting book in Limerick this month at a conference on music and protest. Here is an early draft of what I will be speaking about Introduction This paper will provide an overview … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Musicology, Sting
Tagged Arthur Koestler, Band Aid, Cueca, e Human Rights Concerts, George Lipsitz, Ghosts in the machine, Graceland, Human Rights Now! concerts, murder by numbers, Participation of Hope tour, paul carr, Paul Simon, Pinochet, protest song, sting, Synchronicity, The Rainforest Foundation, They Dance Alone, We Work The Black Seam, William Blake
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Psycoanalytic Approaches to Analysis and Musical Taste
As anyone who has read this blog will know, I have developed an ongoing interest in the ways in which music conveys meaning over the last few years. This has resulted in considering many academics’ thoughts – ranging from philosophers … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Music, Musicology, philosophy
Tagged Allan Moore, Celine Deon, Frank Zappa, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Immanuel Kant, music meaning, musical pleasure, musical taste, musicology, on the sensation of tone, phil tagg, philosophy, philosophy in a new key, phycoanalytical approaches, PSYCOANALYTIC, sting, Susanne Langer
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More Thoughts on the A Level Music Curriculum
I have spent much time over the last several years trying to think more deeply about some of the issues associated with the ways in which students are prepared for higher education music courses. The National Diploma awards which were … Continue reading
Student Entrepreneurship Projects
Me and a colleague have been working with a range of interesting student entrepreneurship projects over the last few months. They range from music for media initiatives to Wedding Bands to the production of a concept album. Here is a … Continue reading
Christian Music: Art or Commerce?
I read an article the other day which asked the question, somewhat problematically for me – ‘Is Christian Music Dying’. Inspired by another, much earlier post by Michael Gungor – it focuses upon the relationship between using Art as a … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Musicology
Tagged Christian, christian music, Genesis, Michael Gungor, paul carr, Supers Ready
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The James Taylor Quartet live in Milan
In a previous life, I was not an academic, but a professional musician. After leaving Uni, like many of my Geordie peers, I moved to London in the hope to make a living as a musician. After working freelance for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, Acid Jazz, jtq, Milan, paul carr, steve white, The James Taylor Quartet
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Three Months With No Laptop: I am back
Well, this is about the longest I have gone without blogging. My new laptop broke down in early June – and has taken three months to be fixed. So – although I got my laptop back last week, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Musicology, philosophy
Tagged live music, musicology, paul carr, popular music
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