Welcome to Perfect Beat
Established in 1992, and published biannually, Perfect Beat is a research journal dedicated to the study of the music and cultures of indigenous and Euro/Asian/North American migrant groups in the Pacific since the late 1800s.
The journal's principal regional address is to Australia, New Zealand, Hawai'i, Papua New Guinea and the island nations of the South Pacific Forum. A common theme in many of the articles published has been the development of new styles of popular music by indigenous peoples and their relationships (beneficial and/or problematic) with the technologies and institutions of the 20th Century media and music industries.
The principal contribution of indigenous musicians and cultural activists to the journal has been through their collaboration as interviewees and/or co-authors of individual studies. The editors of the journal have endeavoured to maintain a continuing relationship with musicians, communities and cultural groups who have been the subject of study - distributing copies of the publication to interested individuals and bodies, and publishing research updates on previous material (often at the invitation/instigation of the subjects of the preceding research).
Perfect Beat is published by the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Call for Papers
Special issue of Perfect Beat on 'Contemporary Music and Television' (scheduled for publication in 2009)
Proposals are invited for articles on aspects of the relationship between Contemporary Music and TV (and associated media). Papers may address, historical, theoretical, industrial and/or aesthetic aspects of the topic.
Intended contributors are asked to submit expressions of interest in order to identify the likely scope of material in the issue and to ensure priority consideration in the event of there being more material submitted than can be published in the theme issue.
- Deadline for expressions of interest: November 20th 2007.
- Deadline for final paper submissions: August 1st 2008.
Proposals to: phayward@humanities.mq.edu.au
