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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The overtly racist and disproportionate pile-on while Cambridge and other unis have protected other (white) academics who are plagiarizers and abusers is so brazen and disgusting.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Great new read on the current Slop moment in popular music and cultural consumption by @robinjames.bsky.social : itsherfactory.substack.com/p/slop-doom-...

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drew @grmnygrmny.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

my 13 years at bandcamp are coming to an end - i’ve been laid off along with most of the remaining engineers. best job i’ve ever had, working with the best people you could ever work with. unceremonious end to quite a ride.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

en route to deptford to run a pilot workshop about how musicians and music platform coops can build things, coordinate, and learn together with @mirlo.space and @jam.coop - an exciting experiment in grounding online cooperation & distribution in real offline relationships

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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Looking forward to reading the copy of Action Stations's The Far Right Playbook that's landed on my desk. There's more information, including how to get a copy here farrightplaybook.nz/shop/

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm stepping down after nearly six (!) years of service to the branch, please get in touch with any questions or ideas for contributing and keeping the organisation alive.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Free registration is open now for our Amplification and Everyday Life conference happening at U of Huddersfield on 4-5 June, including an exciting series of performances and installations presented by Yorkshire Sound Women Network: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/amplificat...

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Amplification and Everyday Life Conference @ University of Huddersfield

Hosted by the Amplification Project at the University of Huddersfield, this conference explores key issues and debates around amplification.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Alongside longer research articles, we're specifically interested in hearing from DJs, folks in nightlife, journalists and independent writers to contribute shorter, blog-style pieces from the field -- the more experimental and media rich the better. Please share widely. #musicsky #academicsky #edm

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Writing opportunity: The DJ Set. Special issue of the journal Dancecult This call aims to move forward how we understand DJ sets as the musical and social centre of gravity of most electronic dance music scenes. Deadline 1 June: dj.dancecult.net/index.php/da...

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Ethan Hein @ethanhein.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

So! My buddy Derek and I have launched a music school! It's called Tuniversity and it was motivated by two different things: people want to study with us who don't attend NYU, and NYU does not have enough classes for us to teach. Our first songwriting class starts next month. tuniversityny.com

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Tuniversity

Tuniversity is a songwriting, production and theory learning experience brought to you by Derek Fawcett and Ethan Hein Announcing “Tune Up”: The Inaugural Tuniversity Showcase, Gathering, and Mini-…

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Alongside longer research articles, we're specifically interested in hearing from DJs, folks in nightlife, journalists and independent writers to contribute shorter, blog-style pieces -- the more experimental and media rich the better. Please share widely! #djculture #djset #edm #electronicmusic

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

In our new article out now in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, me and @delaceymusic.bsky.social examine how grime and dubstep DJs complicate the received notion that live electronic dance music must involve seamlessly sequenced tracks. From the outset, dub-diasporic DJing has rupture built-in.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

What makes an ideal DJ set? While continuity is key for a techno set, an artist influenced by dub or hip-hop may instead relish in rupture: the MC might demand they rewind the track when a bass line is so strong it simply has to be heard again from the top.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Bravo Ireland. This is such a great boost for artists. I have an Artists tax exemption in Ireland for works under 50k. It helped me so much - existence in a feast or famine career is hard. But consecutive Irish governments realized that writers, musicians, artists are the lifeblood of the country.

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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent

When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

New favourite band - discovered from a paid instagram story ad for their gig last night in Leeds, of all ways. just as good live as they are on record, if not better youtu.be/zdIkQxEPoT0?...

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plantoid - Parasite (Live at Farm Road)

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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The deadline to submit to our biennial conference in Aberdeen this summer has been extended to 23 February. Please share this reminder widely with your networks for anyone who may have missed the initial call. bsky.app/profile/iasp...

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

exciting, can't wait for this to come out.

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jam.coop @jam.coop · 02/12/2025

We're slowly building an alternative to Spotify and Bandcamp. Owned by artists, labels the people who work here. Why? Because if we work together and own it together it can never be taken away.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Article alert part 2 ❗Our co-authored piece w/ @jenessawilliams.bsky.social and Iván Navarros on Lofi Girl and its various vibes & social dynamics is also out now in an awesome special issue about researching popular music and online cultures: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3... (DM me for a copy)

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Volume 37 Issue 4 | Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

It’s good to see papers start to address LLMs as structural plagiarism — provenance, more hidden than the original words or training data. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The Executive Committee of IASPM UKI express deep concern over the University of Nottingham’s recent decision to suspend recruitment to all undergraduate programmes in music, risking permanent closure of all music degrees at the University. Read the full statement: iaspm.org.uk/statement-on...

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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the next biennial conference of the UK and Ireland branch of IASPM. Music at the edges: Peripherality in the practices of popular music University of Aberdeen, 29 Jun - 01 Jul 2026 Full CFP: iaspm.org.uk/music-at-the... Deadline: 02 Feb 2026

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Deadline approaching! Submit a proposal to our 'amplification and everyday life' conference by 15th December

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Went to an event with about 40 people, had good fun playing and chatting but the crowd quickly thinned out when the store couldn't get carde.io working and we had to just play casuals at the table

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Come and think about music and sound amplification in everyday life with me and my colleagues in Huddersfield next June! CfP is open until 15 December 2025.

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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Call for papers: Amplification and Everyday Life conference, University of Huddersfield, 4-5 June 2026. Submission deadline 15 December 2025. makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/c...

Professor Steve Waksman, leader of the Amplification Project at the University of Huddersfield, poses smiling behind a stack of colourful amps by Marshall, Orange, Vox and other manufacturers.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Excited to announce a conference around our research project! Hopefully one of several we can pull off with our funding. It's about amplification and everyday life, interpreted very broadly. Submissions due 15th December, meeting in person 4-5 June next year.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Job opp - full-time Project Officer at U of Huddersfield. Support the admin needs of research staff and PGRs on the Amplification Project. Grade 6 (£32,363 - £39,132 per annum), fixed-term ending Jan 2030. Apply by 1st Oct here: vacancies.hud.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Fender amplifier-shaped shop front of the Guitar Store, Southampton, UK

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 08/09/2025

VCs don’t run universities. We do. After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot. Ballot opens October. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Someone recently contacted me about accessing the archive of the Low End Theories conference we ran online in 2023, inspired by my PhD research. The site has been cleaned up and archived cfp + recordings of the talks are now fully online. sites.google.com/view/lowendt... #LowEnd23 #LowEndTheories

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Welcome to the Low End Theories conference website. Date held: 19–20 May 2023 This free online conference was a response to the multidisciplinary field emerging around low-frequency sound and the soun...

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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

We're now on Bsky 👋 This account will be used to share CFPs, news, and opportunities in the field, and maybe the occasional photo or two from conferences. For any formal enquiries, visit Contact Us on our website to reach the relevant committee member.

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Excited to share that I have a new chapter out in *The Oxford Handbook of Electronic Dance Music* entitled “Beats, Tactility, and the Politics of Deaf Representation in EDM": doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

PhD call part II: we have three fully funded (home) scholarships still to award for students interested in researching sound amplification. Preference will go to topics like disability and the environment but all will be considered. Info below, deadline 12 May. www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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Call for Applications: The Leverhulme Amplification Project PhD Scholarships at University of Huddersfield on FindAPhD.com

PhD Programme - Call for Applications: The Leverhulme Amplification Project PhD Scholarships at University of Huddersfield, listed on FindAPhD.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

While accounts of platform power tend to come across as bleak and monolithic, "Algorithms of Resistance" shows through a diverse range of case studies how people can resist algorithms across various domains. This book is available in a free, #openaccess edition: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254742...

Hands holding a copy of "Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight Against Platform Power" by Tiziano Bonini and Emiliano Trere.

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Walter Rodney's ambitious masterwork of political economy, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is part of our Black History Month sale. Rodney makes the unflinching case that African maldevelopment is not a natural feature, but a direct product of imperial extraction.

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Black History Month | Reading List

During the final week of Black History Month we're offering a collection featuring both new and classic titles on Black History. All titles below are marked down 40%. Buy two or more from this list a...

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I'm giving a short talk in a few weeks with my new team about our work where we want the Amplification Project to go, or think it could/should go. It's a weekday morning on campus but come along if you can, we'd love to hear from you. #MusicSky #AcWri #Musicology #MusicStudies #Yorkshire

Seminar poster, stack of amps on blue background.

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Ivan M @specwrites.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Awesome! That's my excuse to finally buy the game tonight ✅

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Bruno Mars @brunosmars.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Save the School of Music protest. It's a very bittersweet feeling watching these incredible musicians play. This is the talent we will be losing if Cardiff University go ahead with their shortsighted plans.

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Check out Josh Davila author of "Blockchain Radicals", on @thebristolcable.bsky.social 's People Just Do Something Podcast on crypto and the contemporary left. thebristolcable.org/2025/02/peop...

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Choice Reviews @choicereviews.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Catch the #Grammys? This week’s review introduces the concept of Blacksound to examine how the American popular #musicindustry "was built on the exploitation of slave song and blackface minstrelsy” in "Blacksound" from U California Press: ow.ly/JQtZ50USEBB #BlackHistoryMonth @ucpress.bsky.social

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

@lendavis.bsky.social , author of "Poor Things," talks with the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about how people with money write about those without it. buff.ly/4gl9YGf

Cover of Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those without It by Lennard J. Davis. Cover features a halftone illustration of an adult hand dropping a coin into the outstretched palm of a child. A color filter overlays the image; most of the image is blue-tone, but the hands are encircled in bright red. The text “Poor Things” is in white chunky lettering.

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