Posted in Music Industry, Music Education, Contemporary culture on February 22nd, 2006 5 Comments »
The recent International Association for the Study of Popular Music conference gave me a lot to think about. I will discuss some specific issues that were addressed at the conference in the next few days. The overarching feeling I had leaving the conference was that our field really does need to make more connections with […]
Posted in Music Education, Instrumental, Contemporary culture, Lesson Idea on February 13th, 2006 1 Comment »
The issue of young people and concert attendance was recently raised again by Greg Sandow on his blog. Coming at it from a music ed perspective, Jen previously posted on this topic and I posted on the other blog I write. The voices of young people, especially much younger people, are unfortunately left out […]
Posted in Music Education, Contemporary culture, Catalysts, Technology on January 29th, 2006 1 Comment »
Music and the way people interact with music has constantly evolved. As we look forward to 2006, not only do we have our digital music files (i.e. MP3) but there seems to be a shift in how people are sharing their digital music files. While the RIAA may have Apple’s I-Tunes complying with the […]
Posted in Contemporary culture, Uncategorized on January 19th, 2006 No Comments »
Greg Sandow ponders why the classical music world fails to attract “young” audiences. He claims that advertising in classical music falsely believes that the word “beautiful” will entice 20- to 40-year-olds. “‘Beautiful,’ at best, means not much more than ‘pretty,’ these days,” Sandow writes, “and music that only can […]
Posted in Instrumental, Contemporary culture on January 18th, 2006 1 Comment »
Has anyone seen this 12 year-old drum set player? Check out the video. I bet that wasn’t learned in the school band (nor does the school band have a place for him).
Posted in Contemporary culture, Catalysts on May 26th, 2005 1 Comment »
Was John Cage really a DJ at heart? Whether or not Cage was making a very very old (school) mixtape, mixtape culture is ubiquitous. Though now in different forms , people still love sharing their own mixtapes. Do you know what your students would put on their own mixtapes or (CDs)/playlists/MP3blogs/Audioscrobblers?
Why not find […]