Nominations are officially open for the Popular Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award—click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the publica…[Read more]

SMT Jacksonville 2021:
Call for Participants in a Panel Discussion hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest Group
Panel Discussion: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 50

2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On (1971), an album that was recently awarded the number one spot on Rolling Stone’s “…[Read more]

CFP  – attached Word document

Submissions will be accepted until April 30th, and people will be notified of their acceptance/rejection within one week of submitting. Those interested can visit https://mpcaaca.org/ for more information or contact Bryan Bove at bbove@bgsu.edu with any questions.

Well, it is expected that Spotify will launch new types of mixes from time to time. They through their algorithms at the music and see what happens. As a scholar, with MusicID you can see the stream counts. You can work out whether they’re selecting the right music, in your opinion. Read more at Music Ally…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

We had a bit of an issue with the new database defaulting to an Excel file rather than a Google Sheet. I’ve converted the database and you should be able to freely edit and add new examples! I will delete the old thread to avoid confusion, but include Christine’s original message…[Read more]

Hi!

I’m currently applying Megan Lavengood’s concept of the “novelty layer” in pop texture (see her 2020 MTO article) to King Crimson’s 1973 album Larks’ Tongues in Aspic.

Is anyone else out there doing work along these lines with selections from progressive rock? art rock? experimental pop? etc.?

Many thanks,

Brian

Please share this with your PMIG friends who might not follow our Humanities Commons site!

We’re deciding on a topic/format for next fall’s SMT meeting, and we don’t yet know whether it will be in person or virtual. Please click on this link and let us know your preferences! (And please, only vote once.)

I will close the survey at 5:00 pm (EST)…[Read more]

Hi everyone! Your attendance and participation at our virtual session at SMT in November was much appreciated – I was overwhelmed with how smoothly everything went, with the superb presenters, and with the rich discussion.

So…IT’S TIME TO START BRAINSTORMING FOR NEXT YEAR!

Send me your ideas for a discussion/analysis panel! You can respond to…[Read more]

The SMT Popular Music Interest Group has two awards to recognize recent research in pop music. The Outstanding Publication Award was established in 2012, and exists to acknowledge the best article, essay, or book involving the theory and/or analysis of popular music by a senior scholar. Since 2013, the PMIG also grants the Adam Krims Award to a j…[Read more]

Hi everyone, hope you’re doing well.

I realize it may be too busy right now to expect replies, but I’ll try:

Does anyone know of any good examples from pop for teaching contour segments (csegs)? I’m teaching a kind of generalized hybridized ‘music after 1900’ course that combines pop, jazz, and Western art music (Wam). Wanted to try this topic,…[Read more]

Please tune in for the PMIG meeting during this year’s virtual AMS/SMT, and log back on for a virtual coffee break where we can socialize as a group!

Saturday, November 14
11:00 am-12:00 pm (CST)

• Panel Discussion: “The Music of ‘Monstrous Men’: Negotiating Popular Music and the Musicians Who Make It”
  • Panelists: Maya Gibson, Tanya Honerman,…

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A graduate student of mine has been working on building a website for assisting pop music analysis. We have created a survey intended to garner some feedback about how different pop music scholars approach analysis so that we can gain some insights as to what would be valuable to the greatest number of individuals. The survey should take 5-15…[Read more]