Amusicology goes to AMS 2011

Ryan Raul Banagale–who apparently is feeling in the blogging mood this week–shares a few highlights and thoughts about the American Musicological Society (AMS) meeting this weekend.

Better Late than Never: Musicology Job Wiki Roundup 2011

Ryan Raul Banagale sums up the hiring season that was 2010-2011. Better late than never, right?

The Video that is not Little Richard as a Child Performer, or, How to Unfail Musicology One Post at a Time

Ryan Raul Bañagale responds to an intriguing email he received and current AMS discussions about the “failure” of musicology.

AMS Preview – Part II (Ryan’s Turn)

Ryan’s plan of attack at AMS, just in case anyone cares!

Back To School Musicology Blog Reading

Ryan shares a few musicology blogs that he’s been reading/just recently found, including a new one by Amusicology guest bloggers Matthew Mugmon and Frank Lehman.

Guest Post by Matthew Mugmon: Learning to decipher archival documents, one letter (or number) at a time

Matthew Mugmon deciphers a cryptic message from the archives at the Bibliothèque national and possibly alters our reception of Mahler’s music and its legacy in the process.

Guest Blog by Ralph Locke: Refreshing the Discourse–and Reaching Out

Professor Ralph Locke graciously agreed to expand a recently submitted comment on our “Musicology in the Blogosphere” post into a full-length entry about his own musicological blogging experiences.

“The end of Dial ‘M’?” or “Why run a musicology blog?”

The departure of one of the more prominent musicology bloggers prompts Ryan to reflect on the nature of what we do as academic bloggers and why there aren’t more of us.

Guest Blog by Lincoln Ballard: Review of the 2010 Pop Conference at Experience Music Project

Reporting from his hometown of Seattle, guest blogger, Lincoln Ballard, reviews the 2010 Pop Conference at Experience Music Project. This year’s theme was “The Pop Machine: Music + Technology.”

Guest Post by Zoe Lang: Today’s Musicological Toolbox

Guest-poster Zoe Lang chimes in on the recent AMS-listserv paleography discussion and considers how we might revise our musicological toolbox for the betterment of interdisciplinary dialogue.