Tag Archives: popular music

K-Pop and globalisation

Posted on September 19, 2012 by davidgbeer

Another piece on popular music has been published in Berfrois. This piece is about K-pop, or Korean pop music, in relation to globalisation, simulation and genre. The piece opens with some discussion of the movement of musical forms between national … Continue reading →

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The chaos of music genres

Posted on May 4, 2012 by davidgbeer

My piece ‘The Chaos of Music Genres’ has just been published by Berfrois. Here’s a link.

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New book on music genre

Posted on March 15, 2012 by davidgbeer

I’m just doing some work on music genre and I came across this new book. Lena’s book asks, ‘why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches?’

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