The music industry, and in particular the recording and publishing sectors, has historically
been controlled by a handful of large firms. In recent years, this tendency towards …

On 24 June 2016, the result of the previous day's national referendum was announced–the
UK had voted to leave the European Union (EU). Following a fraught campaign, the citizens …

ABSTRACT Ronald James Padovana was born 10 July 1942. In 1957 he began what
became a fifty three-year career in music career. In 1960 he began singing under the name …

In this article, I examine the alternative economics of reciprocity in American DIY (do-it-
yourself) culture. Through long term ethnographic study of local and translocal DIY scenes …

Popular music policy is political. Not in the (largely meaningless) sense that 'everything is
political', but rather in the sense that popular music policy involves the allocation of prized …

This chapter seeks to provide insights into the similarities and differences between
Australian urban and rural music scenes. Drawing on autoethnography as a research …

Icebreaker questions are a fraught business. They can either open up a conversation with a
potential friend or alienate an entire room. Asking the right one is a delicate task, and a …

Large geographical distances between major towns in regional areas could present as an
inherent handicap to a thriving regional music scene. The costs associated with travel and …

Triple J along with its online 'star search'platform 'Unearthed'is an undeniable force in the
Australian music industry, and this thesis aims to voice the perspective of the young …

I start this article, which is about the role of nonmusicians in creating and sustaining music
do-it-yourself (DIY) scenes in the United States, with a short ethnographic and biographical …