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Sir Paul McCartney has been making some waves. On New Year’s Eve, Kanye West released a new single, Only One, a collaboration with The Beatles great on keys. On Twitter, Kanye’s fans reacted, wanting to…
A magnificently scornful piece in The Guardian this weekend flagged the trend for “sad bangers”, music in which, “Sensitive lads across the land have abandoned their cardies and acoustic guitars for varsity…
We rightly marvel at the skills of a talented musician, especially witnessing them perform live. But how does someone become so skilled? Obviously hours and hours of dedicated practice is a necessity…
For a band that once sang “Every year is getting shorter / Never seem to find the time” – which followed an explosion of alarm clocks – Pink Floyd’s songs always seemed to take their time. During the band’s…
The charity song is an odd thing. Generally composed with the simple intent of raising money for a cause, the musical quality of the thing somehow falls by the wayside. In the charts, it’s an anomaly…
What, one might wonder, is the value of an international festival of exploratory music? And why is it in Bendigo, in north-west Victoria? In Australia, we have so many festivals featuring music, film…
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
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Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Creative Practice, University of Tasmania
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Principal Lecturer in Media and Communication Design, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Music / Director of the Music Industry Program / Director VALE Music Group, Lebanon Valley College
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Professor of Cultural Studies, Director, Graduate Program in Gender Studies and Feminist Research, McMaster University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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