Had the pleasure of reviewing Making synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre by @blaisejess.bsky.social for the International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. A must-read for any interested in digital music cultures (and check out that gorgeous cover)! 🌆📼🎹 rdcu.be/e9hGh
Jess Blaise Ward
@blaisejess.bsky.social
Composer / Musician / Senior Lecturer / Feminist @YSWN_ / author of Making Synthwave 2025📕 / #synthartist / Spotify: http://sptfy.com/eiVl Website: https://t.co/6ajLbL8F7R Apple Music: https://t.co/MctYc7E79w
Fresh books have arrived! 🥰❤️ available from: www.routledge.com/Making-Synth... (with free shipping!) 📕 #synthwave #book
Making Synthwave….. birthday cake! To celebrate this being the year of Making Synthwave!📕 #synthwave book available from: www.routledge.com/Making-Synth...
Give the gift of Synthwave this Christmas 😄🌴 www.routledge.com/Making-Synth... shipping is free worldwide from Routledge 👍 #synthwave 📕
Tuesday, Nov 4th, at 5pm EST, 10pm BST on @thestateofsynth.com, we sit down with the author of the new "Making Synthwave" book, @blaisejess.bsky.social ! @nr.fm. The Freqs Come Out At Night. Tune in live and join the chat here: nightride.fm/chat?station... or here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYfx...
🎹New in our LBU Research Voices series! @blaisejess.bsky.social shares her experience of studying for her #PhD alongside her work as a lecturer. 🔗 bit.ly/3SRXxJ1 Jess researched the online #music community of synthwave, incorporating her own songwriting. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #LBUResearch