Teaching
In my time at Liverpool I have devised and taught 23 different modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. These range from music industry topics such as Music Contracts, Artist Management and Managing Classical Music across to Songwriting and Music and Politics.
Music Industry
My teaching Music Industry stretches back 20 years. Over that time I have needed to introduce and amend a range of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. There is a reason for each module and each modification but the consistent elements are that musicians either need to manage themselves or to be managed - because they are de facto businesses as well as 'artists'. And, because of this, they must always enter into legally-binding agreements, so the study of contracts is central to understanding music industry. MBA: The Recording Industry Rights Ownership and Publishing International Music Markets Issues in On-line Music Artist Management Dissertation supervision MA MIS: The Recording Industry as a Cultural Industry Music and the Legal System Music Management Music Industry Music Contracts Dissertation supervision MA BCM Audiences Artistic Planning Managing Classical Music Working at the Philharmonic Dissertation BA Music Intermediaries Pop Acts Music as Intellectual Property Music and Commerce SOTA 300 (work placement module – Music Dept. component) Working in Music Industry Dissertation/Project supervision
Music and Politics
Politics is never far from music because music exists as a fundamental form of commentary on its social and cultural contexts of composition and production. At different times I have taught versions of a module with the title Music and Politics.
Songwriting
As a former songwriter I retain a strong sense of pop composition, notably song-lyrics and how they need to work with and within musical settings. I have introduced and taught two songwriting modules: Song-writing and Symbolic Goods Song-writing
Modules for 2024-25
CLASSICAL MUSIC: INDUSTRY AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS
Module code: MUSI543
Role: Teaching
DISSERTATION
Module code: MUSI524
Role: Teaching
DISSERTATION MA IN THE BUSINESS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Module code: MUSI544
Role: Teaching
Heritage & Culture: The Beatles’ Liverpool through 1966
Module code: MUSI533
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Heritage & Legacy: The Beatles’ Liverpool 1967-Present
Module code: MUSI536
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Independent Project: Research
Module code: MUSI399
Role: Teaching
MANAGING MUSIC MAKING
Module code: MUSI541
Role: Module Co-ordinator
MARKETING LIVE MUSIC
Module code: MUSI540
Role: Teaching
MUSIC INDUSTRY
Module code: MUSI526
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Music Copyright and Contracts
Module code: MUSI516
Role: Teaching