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Rare James Taylor Quartet recording from 1989
I came across this rare JTQ track on You Tube this week which was recorded as part of a BBC session in either 1988 or 1989 (I can’t remember). Four of the tracks from those sessions were released as part … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, guitar, james taylor quartet, jtq, paul carr, sessions
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Beacons Project
I am currently involved in a research project with the Beacons for Public Engagement. I intend to use this page to blog about how the project is developing and generally share the progress I am making. I have been working … Continue reading
SWN Festival Seminar 2: How to Have A Number One Album with Scouting For Girls
This post features a pod-cast of Roy, Greg and Pete from ‘Scouting For Girls‘ being interviewed by Radio One’s Huw Stephens. The session was one of a number of conference themes that I implemented as part of the 2008 SWN … Continue reading
End of year review
As I am so new to the business of blogging, I thought it would make sense to make the final entry of the year a review of the 2008 year regarding my various activities. These are not in any specific … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath Spa University, Beacons Public Engagement, Cardiff Council, Foundation Degree, Frank Zappa, guitar, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Knowledge Exchange, knowledge transfer, leeds university, paul carr, Rockschool, Roland, Roland UK, SWN, The Music Academy, Welsh Music Foundation, widening participation
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Why don’t more bands come to Wales: Promoting Live Music In Wales
On Friday November 14th, the ATRiuM’s Music Academy, Centre For Small Nations and the Welsh Music Foundation hosted a day of music industry seminars as part of the Cardiff based SWN festival. Over the next several weeks I will upload … Continue reading
An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?:A Frank Zappa case study
I have been aware for a number of years that there has been a legal battle between Gail Zappa, head of the ‘Zappa Family Trust’, and the so called ‘tribute’ bands that are determined to continue performing his music live. … Continue reading
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Tagged ascap, bmi, bogus pomp, composer, copyright, cover bands, don preston, dweezel zappa, Frank Zappa, gail zappa, guitar, jimmy carl black, joes garage, mcps, muffin men, napoleon murphy brock, paul carr, petition, project object, prs, roy estrada, stravinsky, the grandmothers of invention, the muffin men, the zappatistas, translation, ugly radio rebellion, verese, wipe out, zappa family trust, zappa plays zappa, zappanale
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The Great Frank Zappa
I recently read an excellent article about the stage premier of Frank Zappa‘s 1979 album – Joe’s Garage. It is great news that his wife Gail has eventually conceded to putting on a stage production of the show, although this … Continue reading
General introductory thoughts
The transition from full time musician to full time academic is a path that many music lecturers have undertaken. Where as 15 years ago I would have considered myself to be a musician – academic, these days I am firmly … Continue reading
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Tagged Foundation degrees, fusion, guitar, Guthrie Govan, higher education, james taylor quartet, jazz, jtq, paul carr, university of glamorgan
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