Professional Activities
Board Member: Merseyside Music Development Agency (2000-2007)
Beatles Legacy Group (2015 - )
UNESCO City of Music Steering Group (2015 - )
2009-2012: Musicians Union – Consultant – Music Careers presentations
Invitations to Speak
2018: Beatles Story Museum
2017: Soroptimist International - Liverpool
2017: Sheffield Hallam University
2017: Liverpool City Council
2017: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
2017: Tate Gallery
2017: St. George’s Hall (MILAPFEST)
2017: Museum of Liverpool Life
2015: University of Paderborn (Visiting Professor) (plus guest seminar)
2015: Luenberg University – guest speaker (Digital Music Economy)
2015: Cusanuswerk Conference - guest speaker (Mainstream and Music)
2015: Sheffield South Yorkshire Video Network
2015: Cardiff University School of Law and Politics
2015: Cardiff University School of Music
2014: Llandeilo Welsh Literature Festival
2014: Laugharne Dylan Thomas Festival
2014: Aberystwyth University Dylan Thomas Centenary
2014: Sheffield University Department of Music
2014: Edinburgh University music conference (Music Industry’s premature death)
2013: Swansea Dylan Thomas Centenary
2013: Glasgow University IASPM PGR conference – Keynote Speaker
2013: London University SOAS – Songs about Africa
2012: Museum of Liverpool Life: BBC ‘Great British Story’
2010 York Musicians Union
2010 Liverpool Musicians Union
2010 Liverpool Deltasonic Records
2010 Liverpool Musicians Union
2009/2010 Barcelona Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2009 Liverpool IASPM International Conference
2008 Leeds University – Music Archives (guest speaker)
2005 Aarhus, Denmark Music Policy Conference
2004 Moscow, Russia International Judge, Music competition
2004 Sheffield University Department of Music
2003 Coventry University Department of Communication, Media and Design
2003 Seattle USA – EMP conference (Canonic Hubs and Listomania)
2002 Manchester Metropolitan Launch of URBIS centre
2002 Musicworks Conference of the Music Industry in Scotland, Glasgow
2001 In the City UK annual Music Industry Conference, Manchester
2001 Sound City Hull National annual music industry event led by the BBC
2001 Royal Holloway 19th Labour Process Conference – Between Rock and a Hard Place: Creativity and Commodification in the Music Industry
2000 Liverpool International Society for Music Education – How Can I Go Forward When I don’t Know Which Way I’m Facing: the Condition of Popular Music Education
1999 Robert Shelton Memorial Conference – Byrdmaniax: Roger McGuinn and the Cyber Folk
1999 Sound City Liverpool National annual music industry event led by the BBC
Examination Roles
- University of Huddersfield, BA (UG, 2008)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Programme Director MA Music Industry Studies
- Programme Director W330
- Student-Staff Committe
- School of Music Archives Officer