BC033 - Play with Toys: How DJ and Electronic Music-Making Equipment Became Kid Stuff, and Vice Versa

My presentation from Pop Conference 2023.

The author delivering the below in room 202 at the Clive Davis Institute.

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For the final weekend of April I flew to New York and spent four days participant-observing Pop Conference 2023, which took place at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute in Brooklyn. It was a jam-packed weekend; my report will appear in Love Injection. Below, you’ll find the presentation I did on Friday morning—I was third on an 11 a.m. panel. It’s rough and could use more editing and reporting, but the idea was to deliver a fun overview of an important but oft-overlooked area.

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A couple of notes before I begin. One, I said in my abstract that this would be a multimedia presentation, and strictly speaking that will be true. What I did not say is that I have absolutely no interest in or patience with PowerPoint, so my multimedia will not be smoothly integrated but ad hoc and janky. You’re welcome! The other is that this survey makes no claim to completeness—just remember that during the Q&A, when you pelt me with all the things I overlooked. After all, I’m going to do the same thing to you all damn weekend.