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PopMAC day 2: Structure and Unity in Norwegian Black Metal. Mark Johnson #popmac
Structure and Unity in Norwegian Black Metal: An Analytical Case Study. Mark Johnson (Australian National University) [abstract] The Norwegian Black Metal scene of the early 1990s has, to date, been...
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PopMAC day 2: The Structural Role of Distortion in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal...
The Structural Role of Distortion in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Ciro Scotto (University of South Florida) [abstract] Distortion is an important and essential property of timbre, and it is the timbral...
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PopMAC day 2: Into the Mythic. Richard Parfitt #popmac
Into the Mythic. Richard Parfitt (Bath Spa University) Through universal themes we understand and make sense of the world. Our reaction to art is imbued with unintentional responses. That we may see...
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PopMAC day 2: This Record is Dedicated to Me: Rufus Wainwright’s Ego....
This Record is Dedicated to Me: Rufus Wainwright’s Ego. Katherine Williams (Leeds College of Music) [abstract] Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright comes from a long family tradition of...
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PopMAC day 2: Computer Assisted Analysis of the Music of Elton John #popmac
Computer Assisted Analysis of the Music of Elton John. Rupert Till & Phillip Allcock (University of Huddersfield) [abstract] This paper explores what part computational methods can play in the...
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PopMAC day 3: Analyzing Bad Music. Willemien Froneman #popmac
Analyzing Bad Music. Willemien Froneman (Stellenbosch University) [abstract] Boeremusiek, a genre of predominantly white folk music in South Africa, is in many respects a fascinating topic of study....
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PopMAC day 3: Yes, the Psychedelic-Symphonic Cover, and ‘Every Little Thing’...
Yes, the Psychedelic-Symphonic Cover, and ‘Every Little Thing’. John Covach (University of Rochester) [abstract] The 1969 debut album of the British band Yes contains a cover version of the Beatles...
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PopMAC Day 3: 42 years of Popular Music Analysis Teaching in 21 minutes #popmac
PopMAC Day 3: 42 years of Popular Music Analysis Teaching in 21 Minutes (2 years per minute). Philip Tagg #popmac Philip accepts the ambitious timescale of today’s title, so states his intention to...
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PopMAC day 3: Applying melodic analysis to infer the extent of plagiarism...
Applying melodic analysis to infer the extent of plagiarism in popular song authorship disputes. Joe Bennett, Bath Spa University This is my own paper. I’ll publish the slides online soon, but for now...
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Keynote: popular music studies / jazz studies #iaspm2017
André Doehring: Institute for Jazz Research, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria Fish and fowl? Mapping the no-man’s-land between popular music studies and jazz studies Louis...
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