Publications
Selected publications
2024
Protecting Human Creativity in AI-Generated Music with the Introduction of an AI-Royalty Fund
Jacques, S., & Flynn, M. (2024). Protecting Human Creativity in AI-Generated Music with the Introduction of an AI-Royalty Fund. GRUR International: Journal of European and International IP Law. doi:10.1093/grurint/ikae134
Thinking Out Loud: The 5Rs of Musicians’ Project and Career Decision-Making
Flynn, M. (2024). Thinking Out Loud: The 5Rs of Musicians’ Project and Career Decision-Making. In W. Dan (Ed.), The Handbook on Music Business and Creative Industries in Education. Sheffield: Equinox.
Teaching the Rights Way: The Case for Integrating Copyright into the Higher Education Music Curriculum
Flynn, M., & Drury, R. (2024). Teaching the Rights Way: The Case for Integrating Copyright into the Higher Education Music Curriculum. In G. Volioti, & D. Barolsky (Eds.), Recorded Music in Current Practice & Research. London: Routledge.
Eurovision’s economic impact in Liverpool: Insights for future large-scale events
Flynn, M., Ballantyne, P., Anderson, R., & Singleton, A. (2024). Eurovision’s economic impact in Liverpool: Insights for future large-scale events: Eurovision’s economic impact in Liverpool: Insights for future large-scale events (Series 3 Briefing 15). Liverpool: Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place. doi:10.17638/03172466
ReMap: Reporting on the Creative and Professional Experiences of Black Music Makers and Practitioners Living and Working in the Liverpool City Region
Flynn, M. (2024). ReMap: Reporting on the Creative and Professional Experiences of Black Music Makers and Practitioners Living and Working in the Liverpool City Region: ReMap: Reporting on the Creative and Professional Experiences of Black Music Makers and Practitioners Living and Working in the Liverpool City Region. doi:10.17638/03180084
Redefining Liverpool’s Purpose as a Music City: Identifying the Cultural, Demographic and Geographic Challenges to a Career in Music for Liverpool’s Black Community
Flynn, M. (2024). Redefining Liverpool’s Purpose as a Music City: Identifying the Cultural, Demographic and Geographic Challenges to a Career in Music for Liverpool’s Black Community. In The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Music Industry Studies (pp. 451-468). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-64013-1_27
2023
Nul Points!: Do occasional headline making events obscure the state of perennial crisis Eexperienced by regional music sectors?
Flynn, M. (2023). Nul Points!: Do occasional headline making events obscure the state of perennial crisis Eexperienced by regional music sectors?. In International Association for the Study of Popular Music, International Conference 2023 – USA Branch. University of Minnesota.
Eurovision 2023: Delivering a Eurovision legacy for Liverpool's music sector
Flynn, M., & Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, P. A. P. (2023). Eurovision 2023: Delivering a Eurovision legacy for Liverpool's music sector. doi:10.17638/03170972
Illuminating the shared experience of being a regional music maker/practitioner during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of the United Kingdom and Australia
Flynn, M., Anderson, R., Strong, C., & Cannizzo, F. (2023). Illuminating the shared experience of being a regional music maker/practitioner during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of the United Kingdom and Australia. In Music in Global Epidemics Symposium. Online.
An emotional rollercoaster: Exploring HE educators’ experiences of online teaching in a pandemic
Saetnan, E., Varga-Atkins, T., Christopoulou, D., Crolley, L., Flynn, M., Haddley, J., . . . Klunder-Rosser, J. (2023). An emotional rollercoaster: Exploring HE educators’ experiences of online teaching in a pandemic. Developing Academic Practice, 2023(Special), 83-100. doi:10.3828/dap.2023.6
2022
Double Agent: Lessons from Liverpool on the limits of the Agent of Change principle in protecting small music venues
Flynn, M. (2022). Double Agent: Lessons from Liverpool on the limits of the Agent of Change principle in protecting small music venues. In International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK & Ireland branch: Challenge and Change in Popular Music.. Liverpool.
Playing Out: Exploring how Liverpool’s live music sector adapted to survive the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Flynn, M., & Anderson, R. (2022). Playing Out: Exploring how Liverpool’s live music sector adapted to survive the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In International Association for the Study of Popular Music-Canada and the Working in Music Research Network. Western University - Ontario Canada.
Remap: Exploring the cultural and geographic boundaries around Liverpool’s Black music community in 2022
Flynn, M., & Mhishi, L. (2022). Remap: Exploring the cultural and geographic boundaries around Liverpool’s Black music community in 2022. In Pop Conference: When I Think of Home: Race and Borders in Popular Music. New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
Remap: Challenging the cultural and geographic boundaries around Liverpool’s Black music community
Flynn, M. (2022). Remap: Challenging the cultural and geographic boundaries around Liverpool’s Black music community. In Liverpool Against Racism. Liverpool.
Playing Out: Exploring How Liverpool’s Live Music Sector Adapted to Survive the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Flynn, M., & Anderson, R. (2022). Playing Out: Exploring How Liverpool's Live Music Sector Adapted to Survive the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JOURNAL OF WORLD POPULAR MUSIC, 9(1-2), 49-76. doi:10.1558/jwpm.23349
2021
Home Alone: How, where and with whom music makers make everyday project and career decisions
Flynn, M. (2021). Home Alone: How, where and with whom music makers make everyday project and career decisions. In 12th International Music Business Research Days. Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture. Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Playing In: Exploring the effect of COVID-19 on music makers across the Liverpool City Region
Flynn, M., & Anderson, R. (2021). Playing In: Exploring the effect of COVID-19 on music makers across the Liverpool City Region. Journal of Music, Health and Wellbeing, Autumn 2021(Musicking through COVID-19: Challenges, Adaptations, and New Practices). Retrieved from https://www.musichealthandwellbeing.co.uk/musickingthroughcovid19
A Life in the Year of COVID: The loss of sociality’s impact on Liverpool’s music scene
Flynn, M., & Anderson, R. (2021). A Life in the Year of COVID: The loss of sociality’s impact on Liverpool’s music scene. In Royal Geographical Society: A ‘Cultural Catastrophe’? The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Arts and Cultural Sectors and Possible Pathways to Recovery. Online.
2020
Securing the Future of Liverpool City Region’s Live and Dance Music Sector
Flynn, M. (2020). Securing the Future of Liverpool City Region’s Live and Dance Music Sector: Responding toCOVID-19 in the Liverpool City Region (32).
Decisions, Decisions: Modelling how different types of musicians think about making, marketing and monetising music
Flynn, M. (2020). Decisions, Decisions: Modelling how different types of musicians think about making, marketing and monetising music. In International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK & Ireland branch: London Calling. University of West London..
2019
Thinking Out Loud: Modelling Music Makers’ Decision-Making
Flynn, M. (2019). Thinking Out Loud: Modelling Music Makers’ Decision-Making. (University of Liverpool).
2018
Back to the Future: Proposing a Heuristic for Predicting the Future of Recorded Music Use
Flynn, M. (2018). Back to the Future: Proposing a Heuristic for Predicting the Future of Recorded Music Use. In E. Mazierska, L. Gillon, & T. Rigg (Eds.), Popular Music in the Post-Digital Age Politics, Economy, Culture and Technology (pp. 211-234). UK: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsbury.com/
Thinking Out Loud: Experiencing musicians' real time career decisions
Flynn, M. (2018). Thinking Out Loud: Experiencing musicians' real time career decisions. In International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK & Ireland branch: Crosstown Traffic.. University of Huddersfield.
Liverpool Live Music Census - Analysis of Data
Flynn, M., Vázquez de Lara Padilla, L., & Kasikov, E. (2018). Liverpool Live Music Census - Analysis of Data: Liverpool Live Music Census - Analysis of Data (1).
2017
A Review of Music and Capitalism: a History of the Present. By Timothy D. Taylor. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2015. 240 pp. ISBN: 9780226311975
Flynn, M. (2017). A Review of Music and Capitalism: a History of the Present. By Timothy D. Taylor. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2015. 240 pp. ISBN: 9780226311975. Popular Music.
Accounting for Genre: How Genre Awareness and Affinity Affects Music Streaming Use
Flynn, M. (2017). Accounting for Genre: How Genre Awareness and Affinity Affects Music Streaming Use. In H. Barlow, & D. Rowland (Eds.), Listening to music: people, practices and experiences. Milton Keynes: Open University. Retrieved from http://ledbooks.org/proceedings2017/#sec_134_h2_asking-musicians-about-music-use
2016
Accounting for Listening: How music streaming has changed what it means to listen
Flynn, M. (2016). Accounting for Listening: How music streaming has changed what it means to listen. Kinephanos - Journal of media studies and popular culture, 6(1). Retrieved from https://www.kinephanos.ca/2016/accounting-for-listening/
You need me man, I don't need you: Exploring the debates surrounding the economic viability of on-demand music streaming
Flynn, M. (2016). You need me man, I don't need you: Exploring the debates surrounding the economic viability of on-demand music streaming. In Innovation in Music II (2016) eds R. Hepworth-Sawyer, J.Hodgson, J.L Paterson & R.Toulson, KES International, Future Technology Press, Shoreham-by-Sea Vol. 2 (pp. 157-173). Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.