[ecrea] CfP Riffs: Experimental writing on popular music

Call for Proposals

The editorial team of /Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music /and 
guest editor *Simon Jones* (author of /Scientists of Sound: Portraits of 
a UK Reggae Sound/)//invite 300-word proposals for the Volume 2 Issue 2 
of /Riffs/ from ECRs, PhD, MA and BA students, and anyone else with an 
interest in experimental writing on popular music.

  “Playing music, for me right, it gets some heads together.... get a 
little tribal thing going on, you know. Get the frequency up.... 
Everybody’s on that frequency. It’s always been about /that/…and 
exciting people and changing their frequency.” - Robbo Dread, Birmingham 
2017

Submissions should in some way engage with the quote provided above. 
These engagements could explore (but are in no way limited to):

·The performance practices and aesthetics of “live” deejaying, mcing, 
selecting and operating in *music scene cultures* (including, but not 
exclusive to, reggae sound system).

·The legacies of *reggae sound system culture* in current genres.

·The transformative potential of the *sound system* experience, with 
reference to the above quote about changing frequencies.

·The cultural politics of *sound system* spaces, both internally and 
externally.

As the journal title suggests, we are interested in pieces that take an 
experimental approach to the consideration of popular music. In relation 
to this prompt, we are keen to receive written/visual/audio submissions 
that attempt to represent/document *sound system culture* and *music 
scenes* more generally in ways that are true to the experiences of its 
practitioners and participants.

  For examples of pieces based on previous prompts, please visit our 
journal website- http://riffsjournal.org <http://riffsjournal.org/>

We encourage audio, visual, and additional written contributions (from 
musical performances to poetry). Up to eight (experimental) written 
contributions and two visual contributions (up to 6 pages of A4) will be 
published in print, but additional contributions may be selected for 
inclusion within the journal website only.

Deadline for 300-word proposals- *15^th June 2018*

/Please include your name, institution, contact email, and current level 
of qualification/

Full submissions (of 2,000-4,000 words/ visual content to not exceed 6 
A4 pages / or an audio/video file suitable for hosting on WordPress) 
will be invited by the 22^nd of June and expected by the 10^th of 
September. All contributions published by /Riffs/ will be considered by 
the whole editorial panel and edited by two specialist editors before 
publication.

Please email proposals to one of the Co-Managing Editors

Craig Hamilton (Craig.Hamilton /at/ bcu.ac.uk) <mailto:(Craig.Hamilton /at/ bcu.ac.uk)>

Sarah Raine (Sarah.Raine2 /at/ mail.bcu.ac.uk) <mailto:(Sarah.Raine2 /at/ mail.bcu.ac.uk)>

Or to (info /at/ riffsjournal.org) <mailto:(info /at/ riffsjournal.org)>

*Please note: */Riffs/ shall be entitled to first use of the 
contribution in all the journal’s different forms, but the author 
remains the copyright owner and can re-publish their contribution 
without seeking the journal’s permission. /Riffs/ reserve the right to 
decline to publish contributions if they are submitted after the agreed 
deadline and without the assigned editor being informed (and agreeing 
to) a new submission date.


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