Tag Archives: live music

Three Months With No Laptop: I am back

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Paul Carr

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 →

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Live Music For Free: Even during the Olympics!!

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Paul Carr

Well, it seems ironic that during the week of submitting my report to the Higher Education Academy on the relationships of live Music and Higher Education – a new Facebook Group has been created : a group whose purpose I … Continue reading →

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Higher Education and Live Music in Wales: Future Developments

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Paul Carr

Well, I am coming toward the end of the research into the relationships between live music and higher education in Wales. With the report due at the end of this month, I thought I would provide some comments below. Very … Continue reading →

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Two Conferences in a Week: Time for Marking

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Paul Carr

Well, it is the time of year where everything is put on hold –  so I can wade through dozens of student essays and creative projects. However, last week, I took a break from marking madness and presented two at … Continue reading →

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The Relationships Between Higher Education and the Live Music Industry in Wales: A Critical Analysis (working title)

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Paul Carr

As indicated in reports such as Building New Business Strategies for the Music Industry in Wales (ap Siôn, 2009), An Assessment of the Feasibility of Establishing an Independent Music Licensing and Royalty Collection Agency for Wales (Ap Rhisiart and Owen, … Continue reading →

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Live Music and Higher Education: How can we work together?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Paul Carr

I am starting a new research project in a couple of weeks related to live music. It builds on a number of projects I have done before – but this time is specifically related to how Higher Education can work … Continue reading →

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One Direction Tickets – Secondary Ticketing

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Paul Carr

Here is another great post about secondary ticketing. I know first hand how much people are prepared to pay – it is scary!! Click here to read an in depth report via a Watchdog programme on Secondary Ticketing.

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Live Music Exchange: Mastering Tickets

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Paul Carr

There is an excellent post by Martin Cloonan on live music ticketing on the live music exchange. It reads as follows   On Thursday 23 February Channel 4’s Dispatches programme was entitled The Great Ticket Scandal. In it Channel 4 … Continue reading →

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An Overview of 2011

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Paul Carr

It is so long since I last blogged, so I thought this seemed a good time to set a new year’s resolution to upload a post at least once a week. So – here goes – a brief synopsis of … Continue reading →

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A Synopsis of What I Have Been Up To

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Paul Carr

Well, I thought I would never get around to writing another blog. A mixture of a broken laptop and ‘life in general’ has resulted in me not writing a post for a couple of months. I intend to change that … Continue reading →

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