Welcome to the APME Liverpool 2025 conference. Here, you’ll be able to register for the conference and update your Sched profile. We encourage you to browse the various presentations and to create a custom schedule. If you have any questions, please visit our conference website or contact us at conference@popularmusiceducation.org We look forward to coming together as a community July 22–24, 2025!
The presentation of a simple visual decision-making model for use by musicians and music educators that guides all types of musicians to identify the different types of day-to-day decisions they encounter and make more informed choices.
This study analyses gender representation in the German Top 100 Charts (2014–2024), focusing on songwriters, producers, and artists. Using web scraping and a pronoun-based self-identification system supported by Chartmetric, it compares this approach to traditional methods, offering a replicable framework for tracking gender diversity in the music industry.
This presentation explores how strategic collaboration can sustain Lancashire’s grassroots music ecosystem. Through practice-based research, we identify key challenges, propose solutions, and highlight efforts to build a talent pipeline with local education services—ensuring industry growth, stronger networks, and long-term sustainability for the region’s music sector.
