Live streaming and the emergence of platform musicians – Keith Negus and Qian Zhang
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3y ago
In this blog post Keith Negus (Professor of Musicology at Goldsmiths, University of London) and Qian Zhang (Associate Professor at the School of Music and Recording Art, Communication University of China) present observations and a case-study from their new journal article on the evolution of the live music economy and new patterns of commodification that are emerging in the face of digitalization. The article is published in Popular Music and Society and can be accessed at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007766.2021.1921909 The Covid-19 pandemic halted many activities we took ..read more
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Lockdown delay: how music venues will be impacted by uncertainty over relaxing restrictions – Patrycja Rozbicka, Adam Behr and Craig Hamilton
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3y ago
In today’s post the team from the Birmingham Live Music Project – Dr Patrycja Rozbicka (Aston University), Dr Craig Hamilton (Birmingham City University) and Live Music Exchange’s Dr Adam Behr (Newcastle University) – look at the implications of moving the date for easing lockdown restrictions in the UK and the crisis this could provoke for music venues.   [The closed O2 Institute in Digbeth, Birmingham, which was due to re-open on 25 June, 2021. Nick Maslen/Alamy]   As many as 12.6 million gig-goers attended live music events in 2019, generating £4.7 billion, according to industry b ..read more
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Looking beyond the pandemic – Brooke Harwood and Jolene Zhu Zhou
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by Live Music Exchange
3y ago
This post features two pieces from the LMX student interns – Brooke Harwood and Jolene Zhu Zhou – looking at the effect of social distancing on live music and, with an end to the pandemic hopefully in sight, at some of the emerging possibilities for performers and the live music sector at large. Brooke Harwood – A New Era of Musical Performance Jolene Zhu Zhou – The Show Must Go On(line) Brooke Harwood – A New Era of Musical Performance The music industry is constantly adapting. In the early 2000s, it was impossible to imagine that vinyl records would soon overtake CD sales and a full liv ..read more
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What Brexit Means for Touring – Jolene Zhu Zhou
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by Live Music Exchange
3y ago
With the UK now outside of the EU, and the ramifications of that decision making themselves felt, live music practitioners and their representative bodies are impressing upon the government the need for action to alleviate the situation amidst grave concern over the scale of the difficulties faced by artists and touring personnel. In this blog post, LMX student intern Jolene Zhu Zhou discusses the damage that Brexit could do to UK artists’ touring prospects, and responses from industry and parliamentary figures. “Brexit means Brexit”, repeated former PM Theresa May through her candidacy for pa ..read more
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There’s No Business For Show Business – Brooke Harwood
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by Live Music Exchange
3y ago
The British theatre industry reportedly employs around 290,000 people (as of 2018), making it one of a significant employer within the UK live sector as a whole. With the continuing disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, theatre has undoubtedly taken a substantial financial hit as a result of the virus. LMX research intern, Brooke Harwood, writes here about the efforts made to save a beleaguered theatre industry and the theatre companies’ determination to provide beloved festive shows in 2020. 2020 has without doubt, rained on British theatre’s parade. Gathering a theatr ..read more
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Covid and the Welsh Music Industries – Paul Carr
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3y ago
In this post, Professor Paul Carr of the University of South Wales outlines a recent report presented to the Welsh Government’s Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the Welsh music industries. Here, he summarises key findings and recommendations, and reflects on the process of conducting the research. I have long had an interest in the relationships between government policy and the music industries, having been a professional musician for a number of years prior to moving into academia. After moving to Wales in 2003, I quickly formed a relatio ..read more
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The Welsh Music Industries in a Post-Covid World: A Report for the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee – Professor Paul Carr
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3y ago
Author(s): Professor Paul Carr Organisation: University of South Wales/Faculty of Creative Industries Date: 2020 A report commissioned by Sennedd Research to examine the ‘state of play’ in the post Covid-19 music industries in Wales. Although the report considers the Welsh music industries more broadly, its primary focus is on live music, as it is this which was the recent concern of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee at the time of writing. It is also this sub- sector that has been widely reported as being impacted the most by the pande ..read more
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Safer spaces policies are really useful: Introducing a new Guide on how to write one – Rosemary Lucy Hill
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3y ago
Our latest post is by Rosemary Lucy Hill, Senior Lecturer in Media and Popular Culture, University of Huddersfield. Here she outlines research into sexual violence and harassment at gigs, and introduces the guide that emerged from it about how to write a ‘safer spaces’ policy. TL;DR: safer spaces policies are really useful; here’s our Guide on how to write one. — Right now music venues are fighting for their lives. Slivers of hope in putting on gigs again are tied in with thinking about how to do so safely. Whilst we consider audience safety from covid, other forms of safety need to be re ..read more
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Home thoughts on festive occasions – Simon Frith
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3y ago
In our latest blog post, Live Music Exchange co-founder Professor Simon Frith OBE reflects on the history of festivals, along with how they have been studied, and considers the implications of Covid-19 for their future. This year’s Ruisrock Festival, held annually in Turku in Finland, was scheduled for July 3-5. It was first staged in 1970 and to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, Kari Kallionemi from the University of Turku organised a study day at which I was invited to speak. My topic was to be the history of rock festivals. In the event the study day, like the festival, was called off. On ..read more
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‘Virtually Knockengorroch’ The festival season goes virtual: one promoter’s perspective – Katch Holmes
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3y ago
This week’s blog post sees Katch Holmes – organiser of the Knockengorroch Festival – reflect on the process of taking it online in the face of the Covid-19 lockdown. ‘I‘m not into online events’, I said. When the lockdown started and we were forced to postpone our Knockengorroch music festival I professed both to myself, and anyone who would listen, that virtual events did not interest me. I racked my brains as to ways I could bring people together in real time whilst observing physical distancing. Films projected onto tenement walls, street performances, drive-ins, all and more whizzed throug ..read more
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