Category Archive: Course: Music Journalism 101

Jan 04

Music Journalism 101d. Reviewing a band’s performance

If you’ve been through the previous three entries, you’ll now have a basic understanding of ethnography and where it came from, and some of the basic principles. You will also – hopefully – have put your principles into practice in all sorts of locations, from your mate’s house to shows. You will also have an …

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Nov 23

Music Journalism 101c. Ethnography at Gigs

Hopefully, if you’re diving into this next part of Music Journalism 101, that you’ve already read and made sense of 101 B – Ethnography. If not, and you only have a vague sense of what exactly ethnography is, I strongly suggest you go back and read it. This section of the course does not cover …

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Oct 25

Music Journalism 101b. Ethnography.

Ethnography is properly from the science of anthropology. In relatively recent years, the practice of ethnography has grown well beyond its original uses. These days, ethnographers are not just academics and researchers, but also essayists and nonfiction writers: people who go out into uncomfortable or odd situations and then write about their experiences afterwards. Others …

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Oct 12

Music Journalism 101a. Introduction.

Welcome to Music Journalism 101. This online course is free to use for self-study under a Creative Commons license; however, you are not able to use it commercially, or remix it or adapt it in any way. It will be available commercially when it is complete, however; so, if you want to use it commercially (such …

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