This section contains academic research carried out in the following themes
Research
Music & the moving image
In what ways has the use of pop music in films helped integrate the otherwise separate artforms of film and music video?
BA(Hons) paper,
1996
Presented as a research project for the Music for Film & the Arts module, the paper features reviews of contemporary and recent movies and music videos.
Most of the research on music video is curiously silent about the music
The development of the synchronization of sound and image
Music & technology
Music on the Internet - The Internet as a new distribution medium for the music industry
MA paper, September 1998
This thesis was written when the Internet was just beginning to find its feet as a multimedia entertainment medium capable of realistically distributing music and video. This paper discusses the technological and moral issues involved.
Tutorial - Music on the Internet
Presentation, 1999
Research material for a tutorial presented to postgraduates at Bangor University following completion of my MA thesis on the subject.
The sampler versus the music industry: the case for the defence
The stereo image: how does the ear determine directionality of sound?
Popular music history
Feminist discourse in the lives and songs of the blues women of the 1920s
BA(Hons) paper, 1994
This paper analyses the lives and songs of the most influential blues women of the 1920s, including Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey.
Acid House restrictions in Britain in the late 1980s/early 90s
Advanced-Level Music paper, 1992
Popular music restrictions in America in the late 1980s/early 90s
Advanced-Level Music paper, 1992
Welsh music
The Welsh Music Industry
PhD proposal, September 1998.
The research degree would attemp to analyse the complex network that comprises the Welsh-language popular music industry, the organisations and institutions that work within the industry, how they interact with each other and how each works towards the goal of achieving the continuation of the Welsh pop music industry.
The struggle for survival in the Welsh rock scene in the 1990s
BA(Hons) paper & project, 1995
An ethnographical study of the 1990s Welsh rock scene based on participant observation and interviews with those involved in music-making.
Welsh traditional music and the geographical distribution of the welsh speech community
The Welsh Pop Music Resource Pages
MA paper & project,
1998
The nucleus for a project for a website & CD-ROM on the Welsh music industry began with this website - a collection of links to sites relating to the industry, together with web technologies aimed at promoting the industry online.
Sgrechian EP
MA paper & project, 1997
Sgrechian EP was the first Welsh-language release to appear on the Internet in its entirety. This paper details the reasons, technologies and processes behind the project.