Andrew Dubber - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hi. Let me introduce myself. I'm a researcher, lecturer and consultant in online music, radio, new technology and media.

Originally, I'm from New Zealand -- but these days I live in the UK, where I run a new Music Industry Degree at Birmingham City University. Currently, I teach Music Industries Skills, Music Online a theory module about the Music Business and (just for a bit of variety) Radio Documentaries.

I maintain a daily blog with hints and tips for music business. It's particularly aimed at independent artists and labels trying to make their way in the online environment, but also of use to music managers, promoters, publishers, distributors and anyone else working in the music industry.

It's called New Music Strategies (http://newmusicstrategies.com).

If you're interested in me personally, I have a personal site as well (http://andrewdubber.com).

Thanks for stopping by. Nice to meet you.

My Interests

Music, predominantly. And coffee. I quite like coffee.I guess new media, radio and popular culture feature quite prominently in the mix too.

I'd like to meet:

Actually, that would be you. Hi.

Music:

Pretty much everything. I'm particularly into jazz and that makes up the majority of the music I buy (vinyl, mostly) but there's very little music that I don't like at least one instance of.

My Blog

I’ve moved

This blog is continued at andrewdubber.comSee you there.
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:28:00 PST

New Music Strategies

Well, the tweaking may not be over and improvements are still happening by the day - but the website is at least ready for human consumption. So let's call this a launch.If you're a musician, a label,...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:01:00 PST

Wednesday: writing and organising

I spent much of the day with the last of the backlog of e-mails that had piled up since I was last work. It's also conference season. There are half a dozen conferences that I want to atte...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:03:00 PST

Tuesday: on the go

I've been away the past week or so, and so the past few days have been in catch-up mode. Yesterday was e-mail. Today is chores.Little stuff really -- pick up some blank media, get Jake's n...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:30:00 PST

Monday: Digging it

I've been doing a bit more research into online social networking systems, and have added a good deal of my contacts into LinkedIn, which is a business networking system. It's quite amazing the calibr...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:51:00 PST

Friday: MySpace dramas

I've been having severe MySpace dramas today. I expect they're just having major problems due to all the power meltdowns they had. But even though I can post a blog post here, my profile says that I'v...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:31:00 PST

Wednesday: Floor discovery

Since I could barely find my floor - let alone my computer - in my office yesterday, it looks like today is themed around filing.A bit of relief from that this afternoon with a couple of meetings. One...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:33:00 PST

Monday: Paperwork and free knowledge

The end of the academic year is upon us, and so all of my activity revolves around paperwork. I still have marking left to do, and then there's all of the moderation and compilation of results. I've a...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:55:00 PST

Friday: marking

I have in front of me 30 proposals for new business ventures for the West Midlands music industry. I am to assess their viability, depth and breadth of research, their familiarity with and application...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:08:00 PST

Thursday: Writing. Again.

It's taking me longer than I would have liked to polish off this book on broadcasting technology - but somehow things keep getting in the way. In order to get a handle on the obstacles to completion, ...
Posted by Andrew Dubber on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:43:00 PST