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Paul Carr Presentation to Culture Welsh Language and Communications Committee: The Live Music Industry in Wales Post Pandemic

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Paul Carr

The following text is a transcript of the talk that I gave to the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Commitee in November 2020. Amongst other things, it provides a brief context of the music industries pre and post pandemic, followed … Continue reading →

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Live Music in Wales: A Report for the Culture Welsh Language and Communications Commitee

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Paul Carr

This last week has been a busy one for me, with my report on the impact of live music in Wales released, just a few days before I gave evidence to the Culture Welsh Language and Communications Commitee. In order … Continue reading →

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The Welsh Music Industries in a Post Covid World: Reopening and Recovery Strategies

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Paul Carr

Those of you that read this blog, may remember that near the start of the pandemic I wrote a few posts about the impact of Covid-19 on the music industry – then it went quiet…. Just to explain that the … Continue reading →

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Live Music in Wales and Covid-19: The Next Steps…

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Paul Carr

Anyone who has been following this blog over the last few weeks would have noticed I have been attempting to keep up to date with how the Welsh music industry has been responding to Covid19. Off the back of this … Continue reading →

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Carl Orr: Guitarist Composer Teacher and Sting Sideman

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Paul Carr

Guitarist, composer and Sting sideman Carl Orr was kind enough to write a five-star review of my Sting book this week. It was great to see the book get a ‘thumbs up’ from Carl, who I respect. greatly as a musician and have … Continue reading →

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The Rock Instrumentarium

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Paul Carr

Well, we have spent the last few weeks going through all of the proof edits for the Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research, including an enormous bibliography and an even larger index of close to 9000 words. Despite the various … Continue reading →

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The Definition of ‘Rock’ and Stylistic Overlaps

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Paul Carr

The third essay of the Bloomsbury Handbook of rock music Research is provided by Taylor Myers and Brad Osborn, who initially examine the music theory, musicological and cultural studies literature that has emerged relating to rock scholarship over the last … Continue reading →

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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock: Writing About Rock

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Paul Carr

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research is now in the ‘post proof’ stage, with the publishers getting back with their various tweaks and suggestions. So I have just spent the day responding to 33 authors, who will soon be … Continue reading →

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Live Music Strategy For Cardiff: Lets Pay our Young Musicians

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Paul Carr

It was interesting to read the Sound Diplomacy recommendations into the ways in which Cardiff can become the UKs first music city. Firstly, I have to say, that if these recommendations are taken forward, there is no question they will … Continue reading →

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Music Persona and Authenticity

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Paul Carr

In last weeks musicology session, we considered three main ways in which the person singing a song can be identified. These were The ‘Real’ Person/Performer singing/playing a song: For example David Jones, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Gordon Sumner, Saul Hudson, The … Continue reading →

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