The Harley And Josh Show

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Infinite knowledge of the local music scene from a duo whose experience of live performance and the industry come from different though complementary perspectives. Expect quick quips and wit alongside a diverse soundtrack and comical jingles.

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Thursday Apr 11, 2019

08/04/2019 - HMV works with Tixserve, Half of New Guitarists are Women PLUS we ask "Is There Such Thing As Bad Music?"

Thursday Apr 11, 2019

Your music podcast by musicians on IO Radio from 2-3 Mondays!

We ask ‘is there such thing as bad music?’, we talk about the growing number of female guitarists as well as HMV joining forces with Tixserve!

Plus music from:
Morgan Swann
Goldblume
Caswell

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HMV PARTNERS WITH TIXSERVE FOR DIGITAL IN-STORE EVENT TICKETS

HMV is looking to ramp up its live in-store event offering and has partnered with Tixserve to provide secure, content-rich digital tickets.

Tixserve is a Software as a Service (SaaS), white label, digital ticketing solution that enables event creators and rights-owners to create branded, interactive digital tickets that are delivered directly to consumers’ mobile phones.

In the run-up to HMV’s Twenty One Pilots events, it was found that touts were advertising yet to be activated Tixserve tickets online for up to £200 – a mark-up of more than 1,000% on the album/ticket bundle.

When fans alerted HMV of these cases, organisers were able to disable all ticket transfer functionality unless authorised on a case-by-case basis.

“The recent run of sell out Twenty One Pilots events required us to distribute over 3000 tickets with purchases of the band’s Trench album.

Half of all new guitar players are women, finds study

Artists such as St Vincent and H.E.R could be encouraging more women to pick up the guitar

Fender's UK team said it was surprised that half of its sales were to girls and women in an earlier 2016 study

Many of the beginners surveyed said they simply wanted to learn songs to perform socially or by themselves, suggesting not all of them harboured rock star ambitions.

All this comes in spite of rock music slipping below the popularity of genres such as hip hop, suggesting its prevalence has more to do with how the guitar is valued by individuals for its educational and social benefits.

Is there such thing as bad music?

is it bad music or music you just don’t like?

appealing to mass opinions on music.

teleology/finality explanation is music a tool?

does the song sound sincere?

morality (what the song is about, political views)

poorly handled dissonances, random fragments of melody, awkward rhythms

simplicity can be annoying, but punk and country and stand by me

technical proficiency

does it accurately convey the artists intent?

a good song manifests human excellence. In other words, it is not the case that any ordinary person could create a song like it. Its creation required enormous skill. It impresses. It earns our admiration. The difficult that the creator traversed amazes us.

personality is climate what mood is to weather.

Age, sex, and socio-economic status are more relevant than personality when it comes to explaining any genre-based preferences.

in early childhood, before the higher brain networks are developed, learning is much more driven by emotions. So musical experiences acquired at that time would be more emotional than cognitive.

Another feature which shapes our musical preferences is influence of our peers. Every generation seems to have its own music that the older generation "doesn't understand". Young people introduce each other to different musical styles and bond around their own brand of music.

Wed 20:00 · Distilled Republik · Ipswich, Suffolk

Caswell "Blindside" EP Launch at Servant Jazz Quarters

Wed 19:30 · Servant Jazz Quarters · London, United Kingdom