Live Music Exchange Digest – w/c 29th October 2012

Welcome to our weekly digest of live music news and events in industry, academia and more. Click to jump to:- This Week’s Blog Post One from the Archives Live Music News Live Music Features Live Music Exchange Events Other Live Music-related Events This Week’s Blog Post: A Tale of Two Festivals: What makes for a perfect festival? – Emma Webster …

A Tale of Two Festivals: What makes for a perfect festival? – Emma Webster

Emma Webster’s look at two very different independent festivals in the south of England – with a breakdown of why one was more enjoyable and some thoughts on what makes for a good festival experience.

Live Music Exchange Digest – w/c 22nd October 2012

Welcome to our weekly digest of live music news and events in industry, academia and more. Click to jump to:- This Week’s Blog Post One from the Archives Live Music News Live Music Features Live Music Exchange Events Other Live Music-related Events This Week’s Blog Post: Nathan Clark on the history of the Brudenell Social Club and live music promotion …

Nathan Clark on the history of the Brudenell Social Club and live music promotion in Leeds – Live Music Exchange Leeds, May 4th 2012

Nathan Clark, general manager and promoter at the award winning Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, talks here about its history, its unique status and the DIY ethic at its heart. He also touches on the Leeds music scene more generally and the wider relationship between promoters, venues, acts, government and the academy.

Live Music Digest – w/c October 15th 2012

Welcome to our weekly digest of live music news and events in industry, academia and more. Click to jump to:- This week’s blog post One from the archives Live Music News Live Music Features Live Music Exchange Events Other Live Music-related Events This week’s blog post: The UK live music industry conference – Live UK Summit 2012 – was held at the …

Ten Things Learned from the Live UK Summit 2012

The UK live music industry conference – Live UK Summit 2012 – was held at the Radisson Blu Portman Square in London last week. Three representatives from Live Music Exchange – Adam Behr, Matt Brennan, and Emma Webster – attended the event. This post contains a summary of the key things they learned there.

Live Music Digest – w/c October 8th 2012

Welcome to our weekly digest of live music news and events in industry, academia and more. Click to jump to:- This week’s blog post One from the archives Live Music News Live Music Features Live Music Exchange Events Other Live Music-related Events This week’s blog: Live Music 101 #3 – Why Concert Promoters Matter – Matt Brennan and Emma Webster …

Motives of Visitors Attending Festival Events – John L. Crompton and Stacey L. McKay (1997)

Analysis of festival visitors using conceptual frameworks and outlining six broad ‘motive domains’ – cultural exploration, novelty/regression, recover equilibrium, known group socialization, external interaction/socialization, and gregariousness.

Naked and dirty: rethinking (not) attending festivals – Kath Browne (2009)

This article draws together critical tourism studies and events tourism literature offering insights into the diverse motivations for, and barriers to, attending the predominantly lesbian and separatist feminist festival, Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival.

Does the music matter? Motivations for attending a music festival – Heather E.Bowen and Margaret J.Daniels (2005)

Recognizing the potential for music festivals to contribute to host communities, this study aims to explore motivations for attending a large, multi-day music festival. Uses on-site interviews conducted at Celebrate Fairfax!, an annual music festival held in Virginia (USA).