DIY Culture & Music

History of Music Production Series – Part 5b This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. (Musical Styles/Genre 2016) Musical styles (Genre) studies: exemplifying changing practice in music production I provide some examples of contemporary DIY music production practitioners, chosen because of the following: their presence in public...

The DIY music-making practitioner

History of Music Production Series – Part 5a This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. Following substantial technological development from the late 1960s to today, music practice has diversified exponentially in a variety of social and cultural contexts (Wallis 2001; Watson and Shove 2008). Limited access to...

Music Practitioner Part 1 – Beginnings

My earliest recollections of creative practice….. Due to the ill health of my mother and her need for many medical operations over an extended period, I lived in a very dark house for the first seven (7) years on my life. With the curtains and blinds drawn shut the majority of the time, and bedrooms doors closed, I...

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