Music festivals: how to get more women on stage
(and it’s not just 50/50 quotas)
Music
David Arditi on The Ideology of Getting Signed
David Arditi is Professor of Sociology with University of Texas at Arlington
Why the community that sings together stays together
Feeling sufficiently socially connected guards against physical and mental illness
The gig economy is nothing new for musicians – here’s what their ‘portfolio careers’ can teach us
Musicians can survive under these circumstances by developing important overarching and transferable skills
The album at 70: a format in decline?
Album sales – as hard copies and digital files – have halved since 2010
In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard
Australian women are writing music that tackles colonisation and misogyny
Scott Walker: singer turned avant-garde composer spanned pop and classical music
Very few artists have achieved the commercial success of Walker and also achieved enormous acclaim from critics
Fyre debacle shows how smaller acts can get burned in modern music festival economy
A high-profile band can afford the occasional misfire, but what about the others?
Aram Sinnreich on The Piracy Crusade
Dr. Aram Sinnreich is a media professor, author, and musician. He currently serves as chair of Communication Studies at American University’s School of Communication.
Poorer children priced out of learning instruments but school music programmes benefit the wider community
There is a huge economic benefit to children having musical education