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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
Posted in Academic
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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Update of Current Activities
Just a quick update of what I am up to at the moment. Firstly – the edited collection on Frank Zappa is about one month from being sent to the publishers! The plan is to get it on the shelves … Continue reading
The Elements of Music: A Good Start To Basic Analysis
When considering the analysis of a piece of music for the first time, it is sometimes useful to start with the ‘elements of music’. As a first step – try placing the following elements in order of priority – in … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Education, Musicology
Tagged analysis, elements of music, musicology, paul carr, sir duke, tempo, texture, times they are a changin
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