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Eurovision 2021 live musicology blog

Eurovision 2021 live musicology blog

by Joe Bennett | May 22, 2021 | berklee, Eurovision, Forensic Musicology, music production, musicology, Popular Music, Songwriting

[update: the next day] So, the predictions were mostly reasonably close, although I missed Switzerland completely. Italy won (I predicted 4th), I got France right at 2nd place, and Iceland came 4th (predicted as 3rd). My predicted winner (Malta) actually came in at...
Eurovision 2021 live musicology blog

Eurovision 2021 – the Americans are coming!

by Joe Bennett | May 22, 2021 | berklee, Eurovision, Popular Music, Songwriting

[looking for the live-blog and song commentary?] It’s Eurovision-eve! Yes, the live musicology blog is back after it, and the contest itself, has been absent for a year. We didn’t waste time though: Netflix asked us to analyse all 259 finalists 2010-2019...
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...

Berklee Indian Ensemble in #360 video

by Joe Bennett | Jan 15, 2019 | berklee, music production

Sometimes music just speaks for itself. Listen with headphones. For best results, use a 360 headset or phone with Google Cardboard (ambisonic mix will change as you turn your head toward band...

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...

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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