James CannonUniversity of Leeds · School of Music
James Cannon
Master of Arts
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Introduction
I am a WRoCAH (AHRC) funded postgraduate researcher completing my PhD at the University of Leeds. My primary research interests are music & well-being, musical embodiment, music & emotion and electronic dance music culture.
Additional affiliations
September 2021 - August 2022
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Working with a team of academics and industry professionals reviewing literature and collating evidence as part of a data-driven project (in collaboration with the AFEM, NTIA and Audience Strategies) on the impact of electronic dance music on culture, communities and commerce. Contributed to the IMS Business Report 2022 and led authorship of an industry-supported report titled "Dance Music's Impact on Communities and Culture."
Education
October 2018 - September 2019
University of Leeds
Field of study
- Applied Psychology of Music
October 2014 - July 2017
Publications
Publications (5)
Background:
Social bonding is a key theme of subjective accounts of EDM event participation (Cannon & Greasley, 2021). EDM is characterised by a syncopated rhythm that promotes entrainment to the beat and facilitates interpersonal synchronisation, which is positively related with social bonding (Tarr et al. 2016). On the dancefloor, entrainment eng...
Dance music shapes our communities and our culture. Clubs and festivals improve health, wellbeing, friendship and happiness. They are positive, unifying and inspiring forces in an increasingly divided world. And the creativity of the scene powers every corner of popular culture. This report synthesises cross-disciplinary research on the positive ro...
This conference poster presented at the 14th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology outlines an exploratory, mixed methods study into the relationship between EDM event attendance and well-being. See featured research for full article.
While an increasing amount of literature highlights the psychological well-being benefits of musical participation, research focusing on electronic dance music (EDM) event contexts remains scarce. This exploratory mixed methods research draws influence from interdisciplinary research on EDM culture and psychological well-being research on music fes...
The present study aimed to explore subjective experiences of electronic dance music event (EDME) participation and investigate possible relationships between facets of attendance and subjective, social and general psychological well-being outcomes. This mixed methods, exploratory study draws influence from the approaches used in recent psychologica...
