Category Archive: Course: Music Journalism 101

Aug 16

Next instalment of journo course coming this week

This is just a quick heads-up to you all that the next instalment of the music journalism course – conducting interviews – is coming your way this week. You can look forward to reading this before 25 August. Stay tuned. 0

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Jul 09

Music Journalism 101 g. Preparing for interviews

It is no secret that interviewing bands is a nerve-wracking affair. Most interviews you read are conducted by highly experienced music journalists, and it seems that they set the bar pretty high. Fear not – even if you need to meet an extraordinarily high standard, there is a method that can set you going in …

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Jul 03

What’s happening to the journo course? Lots. Soon.

While I’d aimed to get my music journalism course more active – as in, posting a new element of the course at least every fortnight – it’s kind of run to a standstill. BUT I’m picking the threads back up again this weekend, so you can look forward to another instalment very soon. On this …

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May 03

101 F. Reviewing a New Release: stage two.

The previous chapter of this course will hopefully have made you excited about learning the nitty-gritties of writing your release review, after having honed your critical ear. This chapter will show you some of the traps to watch out for – including why imitation can be flattering to others, but why it’s not necessarily a …

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Apr 13

101 E. Reviewing a new release: stage one

Reviewing a band’s performance, and getting your ethnography skills down pat is just one aspect of a music journalist’s job. By far the most time-consuming of all tasks is reviewing releases. To do it well you need: the ability to listen to an album for what it is; a knowledge of bands, genres, and discographies; …

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