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Popular Music Education: Foreword

Popular Music Education: Foreword

by Joe Bennett | Apr 3, 2019 | Association of Popular Music Education, berklee, Education, music education, Popular Music, Research

This post is taken from my foreword to The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (Bloomsbury, 2019). Editors: Zack Moir, Bryan Powell, Gareth Dylan Smith. Used by permission. Popular Music Education. These three words, even though...

PME & McDonalization #apme2018

by Joe Bennett | Jun 26, 2018 | Association of Popular Music Education, Education, Popular Music

Popular Music Education as an antidote to McDonaldization John Kratus, Professor Emeritus of Music Education, Michigan State University. John begins with an overview of the concept of McDonaldization (Ritter 1993) – defined as a rational process combining efficiency,...

Popular Music Education… #apme

by Joe Bennett | Jun 26, 2018 | Association of Popular Music Education, berklee, Education, Popular Music, Songwriting

Advocating for Popular Music Education – where do we go from here? Steve Holley, Music educator Steve begins with an overview of US music education generally, including high schools and universities, asking ‘why adapt now?’ and describing a necessary...

The Art of Listening To Songs #apme2018

by Joe Bennett | Jun 25, 2018 | Association of Popular Music Education, Education, music education, Popular Music, Songwriting

Randy Klein, songwriter and SongU coach. Randy introduces himself and talks briefly about his work in music education, including his publications, talks, and his experience of listening to other songwriters’ work over many years. Today he’s sharing with us...

Designing a BA in Popular Music #apme2018

by Joe Bennett | Jun 25, 2018 | Association of Popular Music Education, Education, Popular Music

Evan Tobias, Arizona State University Evan begins by describing the program beginning with a ‘chicken and egg’ situation in his institution. A committee was formed to figure out how to launch a popular music degree – but no-one on the committee had a...

Teaching Song Production Analysis #apme2018

by Joe Bennett | Jun 25, 2018 | Association of Popular Music Education, berklee, Education, Popular Music, Songwriting

Misty Jones, Middle Tennessee State University Practical Production Analysis: Helping Students Produce Competitive Songs Misty opens by describing her particular students as ‘in the box’ producers – that is to say, they create the entire sound...
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