Music CV
PhD Details
Title: Unpredictable Popular Music: History, Praxis, Perception.
Supervisors: Prof. Leigh Landy and Prof. Andrew Hugill.
External examiner: Prof. William Brooks (York).
Internal examiners: Prof. Simon Emmerson and Dr. Simon Atkinson (DMU).
Summary: The work presented in this thesis concerns unpredictability in popular music and provides an investigation into how unpredictability may be received and perceived... (more)
Degree Details
Contemporary Musics BA (Hons) 1st (Leeds)... (more)
Teaching Experience
- Part-time Lecturer in Popular Music (Northampton University), October 2004-May 2005.
- Private Drum Kit Tutor, December 2005-present.
Publications
- 'Conceptual Wazoo: Kazoo Concepts: Whizzle-whizzle' International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (ICE-Z), Théâtre le Passage vers les étoiles, Paris, 5 July, 2008... (more)
- 'Ever Wonder Why Your Daughter Looked so Sad? Non-danceable beats: getting to grips with rhythmical unpredictability in Project/Object', International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (ICE-Z), Discoteca Di Stato, Rome, 10 June 2006... (more)
- 'The Treatment of Random Pitches in Frank Zappa's Approximate', ICE-Z, Tetris Theatre, Camden, London, January 2004... (more)
- 'Randomness in Music', De Montfort University, Research Symposium: Intention/Reception, 22 January 2004.
- 'The Perception of Randomness in Music' De Montfort University, Research Symposium: Randomness in Music, May 2003... (more)
- 'Scary Computer Music', Avant, 1998 and subsequently here.
- 'Zappa's Amateur Anthropology', Avant, 1998.
Notable Performances
- Théâtre le Passage vers les étoiles, Paris - July 2008.
- Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn, New York - September 2006.
- ICE-Z, Rialto S. Ambrogio, Rome - June 2006.
- Notting Hill Arts Club, London - May 2006.
- International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology, College Arms Bar, Camden, London - January 2004.
- Royal College of Art, London - December 2002.
Music Releases
"The Idiot Backwards Son", 20 Extraordinary Renditions (Cordelia Records, 2008)
"Hair Spider Stuck to Sock", Frankfurter Ahnung (Sonic Arts, 2005),
Rock 'n' Random (Polemic Music, 2002),
Coprophagism (FMR, 1998)