A case-study of Deezer and Lebanese independent artists.
The first half of my master’s thesis…
In the last decade, music streaming services (DSPs) have exploded into a mediating role in musical processes, positioning themselves primarily between artists and consumers. This unique market position allows companies to connect with a great…
Can artists struggle against the systems they serve?
Dope Saint Jude: A case-study of hip hop’s activist potential in queer Africa.
As a global youth movement, rap music is a powerful tool for social/political engagement. Since its emergence, rap and its discourses (counter-hegemonic or otherwise) reference a panoply of identity…
Culture, commodity, copyright, conglomeration, censorship… the creative industries.
This paper repositions the current state of neoliberal capitalism, and its wide-reaching effects, as the result of the national/corporate struggles to mobilize cheap creative labour while monopolizing the world’s most valuable resource: knowledge.
The global music industries are a complex entanglement of…
“Experience” and “interpretation” ––reuniting the two pillars upholding contemporary theories of self. This essay uses the concept of sound to challenge the Western essential form of knowledge and engender a thoughtful consideration of non-lexical, experiential knowledge-types.
Introduction
“Adío…” The haunting word grows from silence, shivering with vibrato as it recedes. “Adío, kerida” returns with greater conviction, its voice cracking with flamenco ornaments. A single clave accompanies her with its rhythmic tresillo, only to become the Turkish wahda. From the silence of this dramatic opening comes a…
Authors: Julien Pallière, Lea Bibeau-Guimont, Julien Greschner, Fred Malecki
Date: March 2019
Abstract: Results from a three-month field study on listening habits across various demographics in East Africa. The goal of the project is to investigate trends in demographics between individuals and their listening habits. The project more largely attempts…
The musical domains of tone and time are commonly distinguished when discussing sound art. Different cultures and their musical traditions can be discerned by the various perspectives and systems they employ when engaging with these domains. There is evidence to support that various musics from around the world exhibit structural…
Researcher in comparative musicology; MA Ethnomusicology at SOAS, London. julienpalliere.com
