Final Offer Holder Day of 2026 in the Department of English and Creative Arts at Edge Hill University. Very much looking forward to chatting about all things Media and Music Production with prospective students.
As part of our UK Music MAP Membership, on the Friday before the April break we welcomed Manchester songwriter, producer, and music facilitator Holly Phelps / IORA to Edge Hill University campus to speak to current BA Music Production third year students.
Despite how busy things can get, it's always a pleasure to help read and review work for publication, particularly when it's for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Journal. Looking forward to the journal's upcoming editions!
Great to welcome Philip Morris, the Musicians’ Union Regional Officer for the North of England, to Edge Hill University campus this morning to speak to BA Music Production third year students about the organisation ahead of their graduation. A brilliant and informative talk and chat.
The special issue of Rock Music Studies on Authenticity as Process is now available online. This includes my OA article, "'Currently Listening to …': Curating Artist Playlists and Authenticity on Spotify.
A huge thanks to the editors for the patience and support.
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There's lots of interesting parts to being the programme leader for BA Media at Edge Hill University. One bit I particularly enjoy is the design and development of the degree through new modules. So, I'm really excited to be bringing Video Game Studies back to the department in 2026.
Really excited to get the final manuscript for my next article at the end of last week. Exploring playlisting and authenticity in rock and pop music on Spotify, my latest research at Edge Hill University will be published in Rock Music Studies with Taylor & Francis in late 2025 / early 2026.
It’s the end of week two and the first Autumn open day, so there’s a lovely buzz in our building on the Edge Hill University campus today (even if the weather isn’t as great!).
A bit like the bus, the Edge Hill University Open Days are starting to arrive all at once. Lovely to meet the next generation of the media industry at our second event of the weekend.
First open day of the new cycle at Edge Hill University today
With huge support from the English and Creative Arts’s tech team and volunteer students, we’ve just finished my second year “Playing Live” module at Edge Hill University where students put on a number of performances of both originals and covers, culminating in a live performance in our tv studio.
Second last set of practical assignments on the BA Music Production course this academic year at Edge Hill University today. Arranging Popular Music sees second year students rearrange two songs each, with external brass popping in to sight read and play their work on the day.
Last Offer Holder Day of the year. Lovely to meet so many students preparing to join us on the BA in Media at Edge Hill University this coming September.
Jacob Gough has not long finished his talk on events management and sustainability at Edge Hill University for our BA Music Production third year students. A huge thanks to Dr Oliver Morris for organising another brilliant talk as part of the university’s membership of UK Music Ltd’s MAP scheme.
A great Friday morning in Ormskirk as we welcomed Nina Radojewski of AIM to Edge Hill University. Nina spoke to current BA Music Production third year students as part of our MAP relationship with UK Music on all things independent music, entrepreneurship, and music education!
Another Saturday, another Offer Holder Day. Lovely to welcome the next generation of the media industry to Edge Hill University to chat about our BA in Media.
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A pleasure to listen to Dr. Lucy Ann Harrison speak today at Edge Hill University about her new book on interactive sound and music. A Monday afternoon well spent.
As part of UK Music's MAP programme, Edge Hill University recently had the pleasure of welcoming recording engineer, writer, and executive director of the Music Producers Guild Matt Taylor to campus for a residency with our BA Music Production students.
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The start of the second semester is a chance to teach my brand new module for the first time - Sound and Music in Broadcast Media. Really excited about this module aimed at non-music undergraduates.
We welcomed Edge Hill University Chancellor Dawn Airey CBE to the English and Creative Arts department yesterday for a brilliant chat with our students about her long and illustrious career in the sports, media, and arts industries.
A brand new semester means some brand new equipment for the BA Music Production degree at Edge Hill University!
End of week one of the new term of 2024 is marked by the first Edge Hill University Open Day of the new cycle. We’ve the slides, but not the weather.
It's like we never left. So ends Welcome Week 2024 at Edge Hill University!
My contributor copy of the new Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound just arrived. Edited by William Gibbons and Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard, the book contains a brilliant spectrum of research. This is my second Edge Hill University publication so far this year.
Just one quiet picture from today’s celebration, which marks an end to a week of ceremonies at Edge Hill University. A huge congratulations to the graduating cohort of 2024. My first chance to see a group through from first to third year out here in Ormskirk.
It’s already the second open day of the new cycle at Edge Hill University. Speaking today and yesterday to prospective students about our BA Media degree in the Department of English and Creative Arts.
The OUP Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound is now available online. Thanks to the editors for their support with my chapter, which explores the transmediality of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game series & its popular music soundtracks.
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At the start of this month I was invited back to the University of Liverpool to present some of my recent research at a conference to help mark the opening of the Institute of Popular Music's "Greatest Hits" exhibition. It was really exciting to see some of the archive's wonderful materials on show.
Last Offer Holder Day of the year at Edge Hill. Still some Saturday left.