Karlyn King

Department of Music
Doctoral researcher

Contact details

Email: kxk628@student.bham.ac.uk

PhD Title: Vinyl records vs. digital ephemera: Does the medium of music matter?
Supervisors: Dr Luis Manuel Garcia & Dr Christopher Haworth
PhD Musicology

Biography

Glasgow-born Karlyn is a Popular Music academic, lecturer and researcher who teaches all over the UK. She leads on modules such as Artist Development and PR,Sound and Culture and Popular Music Debates with a special interest in rock n roll history.

She is currently working on a PhD at University of Birmingham exploring the enduring format of vinyl.

She is a regular panel speaker and conference presenter on all things vinyl.

Teaching

Pop and World Musics
Music in Context
Popular Music Studies
Sound & Culture
Popular Music Debates
Music Research project
Global Music Industries
Professional Project
Independent Study
Music and Video
Teaching MusicStyle Analysis
Entrepreneurship

Doctoral research

PhD title: Vinyl records vs. digital ephemera: Does the medium of music matter?

Research

I am researching the phenomenon of the physical music format as remediated in the digital age. The vectors of analysis include: Record Store Day, stratification by gender, fidelity of sound and authenticity.

Research Interests

Vinyl
Gender
Consumption
Technological determinism
Audio