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Dr Danny Hagan

Head of Subject for Music Technology and Music Management
Senior Lecturer
London College of Music
daniel.hagan@uwl.ac.uk

Live music promotions include: Green Man Festival 2003-2011, Buzz Club 1985-1992; artists promoted include Blur, The Stone Roses, Mumford & Sons, Robert Plant, Fleet Foxes, Primal Scream, Bon Iver, Ben Howard, James Blake

Recorded music: includes five albums

'Chimney' - track on Ubisoft computer game Rocksmith

  • Qualifications

    • PhD (University of West London)
    • MA (University of Brighton)
    • PGCE (University of West of England)
    • PGCLT (University of South Wales)
    • BA (University of Wales)

  • Memberships

    Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
    Performing Right Society (PRS)
    International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)

Within the music business I have played every role from recording artist to A&R. I have promoted live music events including Green Man Festival and Buzz Club, as well as artists from Blur to James Blake. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of the Performing Right Society (PRS) and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM).

  • Research and publications

    Books and book chapters

    Hagan, D. (2022). As long as they go home safe’. In C. Anderton, S.Pisfil, (eds.), Researching Live Music: Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals, Routledge.

    Hagan, D. (2021). ‘Cherry Red: A Case Study of Independence’. In V. Sarafian (ed.), The Road To Independence. The Music Industry in Transition. Toulouse 1 Capitol Publications. 

    Hagan, D. (2017). ‘Instead of buying a washing machine’, paper presented to CHIME Music, Festivals, Heritage, Siena, 25-29 May 2017. 

    Hagan, D. (2017). ‘Suppose they gave a festival and nobody came’, paper presented to Locating Imagination, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 5-7 April 2017. 

    Hagan, D. (2016). ‘The place of music festivals in an era of digital music abundance’, paper presented to IASPM UK & Ireland Conference 2016: Creativity: Practice and Praxis, BIMM Brighton and University of Sussex, 8-10 September 2016. 

    Hagan, D. (2014) 'The Atrium: a convergence of education, leisure and consumption (in) City Imaging: Regeneration, Renewal and Decay' (ed) Brabazon, T., Springer: Dordrech.

    Hagan, D. (2011) 'Music for festivals, The Business of Live Music', University of Edinburgh, 31 March - 2 April 2011.

    Research

    PhD (University of West London) ‘How do the promoters of UK independent music festivals organise and implement events’

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