TU Dublin’s Live Music Research team is making a Live Music Map that will show Dublin’s live music ecosystem.
This Saturday 18 January from 12pm until 3pm at Flux Studios at Chatham Row in Dublin city (just off South William Street), the team will present the first iteration of their live music map.
A live music map? They say:
“From live music venues to the backrooms of pubs, rehearsal spaces to DIY spaces, record stores to youth halls, we want to create an interactive map that captures the spaces that make up Dublin’s diverse music scenes. We want to capture the past and the present of Dublin’s rich musical history so whether you consider yourself a rocker or a raver, a punk or a metalhead, a disconaut or a dancehall frequenter, we want your memories of Dublin’s musical spaces to help us develop our live music map.”
What do they want with me?
They needs your help in mapping Dublin’s live music ecosystem. Come and have a look at the map this Saturday from noon to 3pm – help fill in the blanks, suggest venues long gone from any era and current spaces not represented.
What can I bring?
As well as your knowledge, the team also invite you to bring any visual memorabilia with you that you are happy to have scanned and archived as part of the project. Flyers, posters, zines, gig listing pages – anything that adds context to the Map.
And there’s a panel discussion too?
There will be a panel discussion on the importance of Live Music to the fabric of Dublin, which will also be broadcast live on Dublin Digital Radio.
Tell me about the live music map
The first iteration of the Live Music Map that has been developed in conjunction with The Live Music Mapping Project (LMMP) .
The aim of this project is to understand the rich overlaps between spaces that make up Dublin’s music scenes, to better understand the changes that have affected music spaces over the past number of decades, to advocate for policies to improve Dublin’s music scene and to recognise the importance of grassroots and DIY spaces in the development of a healthy and diverse musical ecology. We hope that this will be the first of a number of hackathons over the coming year that will enable us to bring together people who are passionate about Dublin and its music ecosystem to collaborate and amplify the importance of music culture – one venue at a time!
Who is behind it?
Live Music Research Dublin is a group of researchers and music enthusiasts based in the School of Media in Technological University Dublin. The project is led by Dr Caroline Ann O’Sullivan. Caroline is a senior lecturer who researches music and popular culture. She is the chair of the UK and Ireland branch of the International Association of the study of Popular Music and has been active in the Dublin Music Scene for over 25 years.
Andrea Cleary is a PhD candidate and part time lecturer in the School of Media. Her research focuses on social movements, collectives and popular music. She worked for several years as a music and culture critic in Irish print publications and radio.
Seán Finnan is a PhD candidate also in the School of Media. His research focuses on independent DIY internet radio stations and is interested in their facilitation of cultural exchange. Seán is one of the founders of Dublin Digital Radio, a community internet radio station established in Dublin in 2016.
If you cannot attend on the day but would like to be kept informed of future events please email [email protected] or follow us on instagram @livemusicresearchdublin
