i am currently a phd candidate in the communication studies program at mcgill university in montreal, quebec. my research interests focus on the current state of the popular music industry, the marketing of cultural goods and the technologies of music production and consumption.


i hold a bsc.h (biology) from queen’s university and an m.a. in communication and culture from the joint program at ryerson/york university. i also spent five years working in the advertising industry in toronto.


for further information or to discuss/obtain copies of any of the papers listed below, please contact me

 

communication. culture.

recording technologies

(published conference proceedings)

links to available papers

conferences

Canadian Communication Association (CCA) - “Music as a Digital File: The Winamp Moment.” Vancouver. Jun. 4-6. 2008.


International Communication Association - “Music as a Digital File: The Winamp Moment.” Montreal. May. 22-26. 2008


International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Canada - “Click to Buy: iTunes and the Digital Music Commodity.” St. Catharines. May 9-11. 2008. 


CCA - “Political Economy and Social Network Sites.” Saskatoon. June 1-3. 2007


Making Waves Symposium - “Repeating the Live: Musical Repetition and the Line 6 DL4.” Montreal. Mar. 2007


CCA - “Making the Brand: Exploring the Role of Branding in the Popular Music Industry.” Toronto. June 2006.


Popular Culture Niagara - “Branding the Montreal Music Scene.” Guelph. May 2006


Intersections - “MySpace.Com: Exploring Online Music Spaces.” Toronto. Mar. 2006


AOIR - “The Net Generation? The Complexities of Innovation Adoption Among Youth.” Chicago. Oct. 2005


Intersections - “Developments in Music Technologies: Hybrid Activity in Popular Music.” Toronto. Mar. 2005


Society for Ethnomusicology - “Branding Music: The Case of Radiohead.” Toronto. Mar. 2005

myspace.com

(conference paper

crib notes)

m.a. thesis

“Making the Brand: Exploring the Role of Branding in the Popular Music Indusry” Ryerson/York University (2005).

the montreal music scene

(conference paper

crib notes)

making the brand

(conference paper

crib notes)

repeating the live

(published in avenue journal)

music as a digital file

(conference crib notes)

click to buy

(conference crib notes)