Dave Laing

Biographic Data

ID953253
NAMEDave Laing
GIVEN NAMESDave
FAMILY NAMELaing
SIGNATURELAING D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Westminster
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS59
TOTAL CITATIONS79
AUTHOR COUNT58
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX4

  • Regulating for creativity and cultural diversity

    J Street, Dave Laing et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Cultural…2016Cited by: 2References: 17

    This paper explores the role of intermediary institutions in promoting creativity and cultural diversity in the music industry, and the impact of cultural policy on the performance of those intermediaries. It reviews some of the existing literature on the relationship between economic conditions and innovation in music, and argues that too little attention has been paid to intermediaries. Focusing on collective management organisations (CMOs) as …

  • Drink, song and disorder

    Open AccessDave LaingARTICLEPopular Music2016Cited by: 1

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  • Petty, Tom

    Olivia Carter Mather, Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2014

  • Copyright in the Balance

    Dave LaingARTICLEPopular Music & Society2012Cited by: 1

    This article surveys legislative changes, proposals and case law affecting music copyright in the first decade of the 21st century. After restating the basic principles of copyright law, it analyzes the forthcoming increase in the duration of copyright in sound recordings in the European Economic Area. This involves a forecast of its impact on the income of musicians and a critique of the analysis of the increase by Martin Kretschmer and his asso…

  • International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry

    Dave LaingCHAPTERHandbook of transnational…2010

    The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose aims are to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and to expand the commercial uses of recorded music. The need for recording companies to find a common negotiating position to present to the Bureau of Societies Administering the Rights of Mechanical Recording and Reproduction (BIEM) was the primar…

  • The World's Best Rock Read”

    Dave LaingARTICLEPopular Music & Society2010References: 2

    This article is a case study of an influential British music publication of the 1970s. It traces the origins of the magazine in the nascent rock criticism of the era and discusses its ethos in terms of historical perspective, transatlantic links, and the dichotomy between pop and rock. The content of Let It Rock was broad, including soul, jazz, country, and folk. Many of its writers were new to music journalism and several went on to careers in r…

  • Remembering Pete and Charlie

    Open AccessDave LaingARTICLEPopular Music2010

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  • Songs and Nick Hornby's pop ideology

    Open AccessDave LaingARTICLEPopular Music2005

    31 Songs (re-titled Songbook in the United States) is 'a little book of essays about songs I loved' written in 2002 by Nick Hornby, author of the 1996 hit novel High Fidelity and latterly pop critic of the New Yorker. Hornby's assumption of the role of music critic echoed the wish of the protagonist of High Fidelity whose No. 1 in a list of 'my five dream jobs' was 'NME (New Musical Express) journalist 1976-1979

  • Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World

    John Shepherd, David Horn et al.BOOKBloomsbury Encyclopedia of…2003

    The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music. In 500 entries by 130 contributors from around the world, the volume explores the topic in two parts: Part I: Social and Cultural Dimensions, covers the social phenomena of relevance to the practice of popular music and Part II: The Industry, covers all aspects of the popular music industry, such as …

  • Eurovision Song Contest

    Dave LaingOTHERBloomsbury Encyclopedia of…2003

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition for songs and singers representing nations that are members of the European Broadcasting Union. The contest has been televised live across Europe each May since 1956, att

  • Pop

    Richard Middleton, Richard H Middleton et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Four Tops, the

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Walker Brothers, the

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Martin, Sir George (ii)

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Santana, Carlos

    Dave Laing, John Storm Roberts et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • New York Dolls

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Ventures, the

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Seeger, Pete(r R.)

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Michael, George

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Seeger family

    Ann M Pescatello, Dave Laing et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Donegan, Lonnie

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Lewis, Jerry Lee

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Fall, the

    Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Columbia

    Ray Burford, Dave LaingCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001

  • Introduction to 'Gender and Sexuality' special issue

    Open AccessBarbara Bradby, Dave LaingARTICLEPopular Music2001References: 2

    Academic work on popular music has had a difficult and intermittent relationship with work on gender and sexuality. Bursts of intense debate have been followed by years of scholarly silence, and questions that were raised in the early days of rock writing remain unresolved today. Is rock a male form? And if so, is this achieved through the gender of the performers? of audiences? through the sexuality of the performance, or the discourse of the so…