I am a research academic at the University of Bolton, specializing in DIY culture and management within the music industries. My PhD thesis was titled "Adopting new technologies: Self-sufficiency and the DIY artist", which focused on helping the DIY artist to move towards self-sufficiency through the use of new technologies.
Articles
The DIY artist: Issues of sustainability within local music scenes, Emerald (2010)
The overall aim of this paper is to aid the DIY artist in moving towards...
The myths of empowerment through information communication technologies: An exploration of the music industries and fan bases (with Rachel McLean and David W. Wainwright), Emerald (2010)
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of the digital...
DIY musicology: Rethinking the musicological concept, Researching Music, Technology & Education (2010)
Due to the technologisation of the music industries there has been a postmodern shift in...
Future of the music industries: Empowering the DIY artist through ICTs. A Habermasian view (with Rachel McLean and David W. Wainwright), UKAIS (2010)
A walk in the wind: How the DIY artist disregards cultural norms, British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) (2009)
Over the last 50 years the dominance of the major records companies (Majors) such as...
Books
Self-sufficiency and the DIY artist (2009)
The overall aim of this book is to aid the DIY artist to move towards...