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The movie ‘Jaws’ opens with a truly iconic piece of music. Two notes have us on the edge of our seats in anticipation — how does music manipulate our emotions?
By combining the tradition facets with modern music Lloyd Webber reinvigorated the form.
Unbridled ambition and bruised egos created an irreparable fissure.
Clapping is the auditory equivalent of a group hug, according to neuroscience.
Aspiring singers can now use apps to record professional-sounding songs from their phones. This has the potential to disrupt the recording and publishing industry.
During the Second World War, anxious but also bored BBC listeners found comfort in the soothing sounds of Sandy Macpherson, Canadian-born organist.
Across the world, people have spontaneously gathered on balconies to create music – and community – in the face of isolation and fear.
When prosecutors introduce lyrics, they’re asking juries to suspend the distinction between author and narrator, reality and fiction, and to read them as literal confessions of guilt.
Research shows that the type of task – and style of music – tend to determine whether listening will help or hinder your performance.
Busking has long been a way for musicians to gain performance experience and garner a following. Digital platforms are powerful tools that can transmit local artists to global audiences.
Global hip-hop takes many cues from Kung Fu. Contrary to what denouncers might think, there is a rhyme and reason to using ‘words as weapons’.
Penn State researchers who call themselves the ‘Happy Birthday Club’ suggest that we shouldn’t make judgments about our singing abilities based on familiar tunes that happen to be really hard.
Spirituals were created out of the experience of enslaved people in the US. They weren’t songs of anger – but of an abiding belief in the victory of good over evil.
Even though the way we access pop music has changed and gone digital, hitmakers lag behind other industries in terms of globalisation.
In ‘Joker’ and ‘Marriage Story,’ sometimes the absence of sound can pack as much of a punch as dramatic music.
From Diamond’s Are Forever to The World is not Enough, James Bond theme songs are an opportunity for women to thrive.
Prince was a musical genius, but he didn’t come of age in a vacuum. A human geographer explains how Minneapolis’ unique musical culture nurtured and inspired the budding star.
Displaced by a landslide, Ugandan survivors could not speak the language of the region where they were relocated - but music allowed them a voice.
The Tariff Board was told that if women could buy music that was cheap they would buy music that was dirty.
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Piano Performance Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Music, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Musicology, Dan School of Drama & Music, Queen's University, Ontario
