A report providing the foundations for a long term strategy of ensuring a successful and economically viable live music sector in Wales.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Chastising and romanticising heavy metal subculture: Challenging the dichotomy with figurational sociology – Gary Sinclair (2011)
Music for Festivals: Mediation, re-mediation and re-intermediation – Danny Hagan (2011)
Report on Licensing Act 2003: Impact – Live Music Forum (2007)
‘I Tote and I Vote’: Australian Live Music and Cultural Policy – Shane Homan (2011)
More than a Feeling, More than Music: Diversity and Experience in Live Music – Fabian Holt
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Fabian Holt of Roskilde University considers the relationship between festivals and branding along with the management and control of diversity in musical and geographical spaces. In addition to being a distinct field of production, live music is increasingly becoming a topic of conversation in placemarketing, tourism, urban and regional development, and in cultural and economic policy-making.