Resources for teaching about popular music

The 4th edition of The Media Student's Book (click on the cover on the right) includes a case study of the Music Industry. This is an updated and expanded version of the case study in the 3rd edition that focuses on the development of the industry and its technologies and its role in synergies with other media forms.

Here's an extended list of references for the case study:

Andy Bennett. Barry Shank and Jason Toynbee (eds) (2006) The Popular Music Studies Reader, London: Routledge

Kay Dickinson (ed) (2003) Movie Music: The Film Reader, London: Routledge.

Negus, Keith (1999) Music Genres and Popular Cultures, London: Routledge.

Shuker, Roy (2001) Understanding Popular Music, London: Routledge.

Shuker, Roy (2005) Popular Music: The Key Concepts, London: Routledge 

and websites: 

Department of Culture, Media and Sport Contacts list

International Federation of Phonographic Industries (facts and figures on music recording industry worldwide)

www.pro-music.org -- "Everything you need to know about music online"

History of RCA Records

www.riaa.com -- Recording Industry Association of America, lots of good stuff on the American industry

www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/record.html -- The British Library pages on the recording industry 

GCSE Media Studies

An analysis of the cover of Mojo magazine by Nick Lacey as an example of textual analysis of a music magazine for OCR's GCSE Media 'unseen' exam element. Mojo Analysis Part 1 (pdf) and Mojo Part 2 (may take a long time to download).

INSET notes from a presentation on teaching the music press by Roy Stafford. Music Press Intro (pdf)