Contemporary artists embarking on a musical career enter into a highly competitive and
complex environment. Whereas the pre-digital music industries consisted of de-finable …

The focus on graduate employability for Creative Industries has tended to overlook the
significance of the education sector as a destination. This article makes a case for the …

Teaching popular music in higher education is multidimensional. This chapter considers
how best to train students for sustainable career trajectories within the new music industries …

As higher popular music education (HPME) programs continue to make their way into
academia, it is important to consider the different skills and knowledge that vocalists will …

In the late 1990s, the emergence of the digital era posed enormous challenges for the music
industry, but afforded the development of new business models and creative platforms on …

Over the last forty years, hip-hop has evolved as a cultural form describing the impact of
racial marginalization experienced by African Americans. Contemporary research has …

The democratisation of music technologies and the digitisation of music practices have
resulted in the development and fragmentation of related industries. No longer a label …