Paul Friedlander
Music Industry

Dr. Paul Friedlander is the Director of the Chico State University Music Industry Program. He was president of Musical Designs Booking and Talent, vice president of Pacific Rose Records and associate director of Eugene, Oregon’s Community Center for the Performing Arts. He is author of “Rock and Roll: A Social History,” (Westview/Perseus), the Encyclopedia Americana “Rock Music” entry, and many book chapters and journal articles. He is past-president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music/American Chapter and a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Music Industry Issues. Dr. Friedlander has been an invited speaker and has presented papers in China, India, Australia, North Africa, Cuba and Eastern Europe as well as all over the United States. As a musician, Dr. Friedlander has sung with Pete Seeger’s Children’s Chorus at Carnegie Hall, played bluegrass banjo at southern music festivals, hit doo-wop notes with New York homeboys The Chapters, played folk music in Moscow’s Gorki Park and rock and rolled across the U.S.A.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Music Industry Studies
American and World Popular Music

CURRENT POSITION

Professor of Music, Director of Music Industry Program, California State University, Chico, 1997- .

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Dean/Assistant Professor of Music Management/Business, Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, 1991- 1997.

Assistant to the Dean, University of Oregon, School of Music, 1991.

Instructor, University of Oregon, School of Music, 1979-1991.

Publicity Director, Community Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, 1979-1980.

President, Musical Designs Booking and Talent Agency, Eugene, Oregon, 1976-1979.

Professional Musician, 1971-1976.

ACADEMIC HISTORY

Ph.D.Higher Education Administration, Division of Educational Policy and Management, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1987. Coursework emphasis on issues of popular music in higher education. Coursework- 4.00 G.P.A.

Dissertation: "A Characteristics Profile of Eight Classic Rock and Roll Artists, 1955-1959: As Measured By The Rock Window Model."
M.S.W. Community Organization and Public Administration, Columbia University School of Social Work, 1969. National Institute of Mental Health Fellow, 1968. Study of issues in diverse American cultures.

B.A. American History, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1963. Senior Thesis: "Class Attitudes of Congress of Industrial Organizations Leadership, 1934-1939."

PARTIAL LIST OF PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

The Tones (1979-1991, 1996-) Founder of the a cappella rock quartet popular in the Northwest with festival, concert and club audiences. Joint appearances included Chuck Berry, the Kingsmen and the Persuasions (first tenor and frontman).

Turkey Run (1973-1976) Founding member of popular Northwest rock band. Appearances with Sons of Champlin and Kingfish (bass, banjo, lead and harmony vocals).

Balderdash (1972-1973) Member of rock band with two albums on Universal Records. Appearances with Average White Band, Gram Parsons and Stephen Stills' Manassas (bass, lead and harmony vocals).

The Cousins Brothers (1965-1968) leader of folk duo with European dates including Gorki Park, Moscow, USSR and American appearances including Town Hall, New York (guitar, banjo, lead and harmony vocals).

The Chapters (1957-1959) New York doo-wop group performing to captive audiences on the hospital and nursing home circuit (first tenor).

Pete Seeger's Children's Chorus (1953) Concert appearances including Carnegie Hall, New York.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Entry: Rock and Roll, Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Continuum International Publishing Group, Ltd., London (in progress, October, 2003)

It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Music Delivery After the Digital Big Bang, M.E.I.E.A. Journal, Spring, 2002

What About The Boy: Student Centered Curriculum in Popular Music Studies, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Spring, 1999.

Entry: Rock and Roll, "Encyclopedia Americana" Grollier, Inc., 1997.

Rock and Roll: A Social History, Westview/HarperCollins, 1996, 2nd printing.

Rock and Roll on the New Long March: Popular Music, Cultural Identity and Political Opposition in the People's Republic of China, Co-author of chapter in "Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements," South End Press, 1992.

China's "Newer Value" Pop: Rock and Roll and Technology on the New Long March, in "Asian Music", Volume XXII, number 2, Spring/ Summer, 1991.

The Music Industry and the Proliferation of Rock, Co-author of chapter in "Music at the Margins: World Popular Music Production and Cultural Diversity," Sage Publications, 1991.

Rocking the Yangtze: Popular Music and Technology in China, in "Popular Music and Society," Volume XIV, number 1, Spring, 1990.

Cousin Brucie: My Life, Bruce Morrow, book review in American Music, Volume VII, number 1, Spring, 1989.

The Rock Window: A Way of Understanding Rock Music, in "Tracking: Popular Music Studies," Volume I, number 1, Spring, 1988.

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Everything Your Parents Didn’t Tell You About Careers in Music, Initiative in the Arts Lecturer, University of Hawai’i-Manoa, February 2002

Who’s Next? Shifting Music Industry Paradigms in the Era of Digital Delivery, paper presented at International Association for the Study of Popular Music International Conference 2001, Turku, Finland, July, 2001.

Music and Social Change, panelist at Ethics and the Arts Conference, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October, 2001.

Rock Music and the Development of Leadership, paper presented at 8th Annual National Character and Leadership Symposium, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, March, 2001

You Say You Have a Revolution: Post-Industrial Alignment in a Digital World, paper presented at Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections [largest musical conference in North American history], Toronto, CA, November 2000.

It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Internet Distributionmon vs. Record Labelmon on the Virtual Battlefield, paper read at the American Studies Association National Conference, Detroit, MI, October 2000.

Not Fade Away: Buddy Holly, the Boy Next Door, at the Popular Culture Association National Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2000.

The Legacy of Buddy Holly at the Grand Opening of the Buddy Holly Center West Texas Symposium, Lubbock, TX, September 1999.

Rock Around the Class: Approaching Meaning in Music opening keynote at the National Media Education International Conference, St. Paul, MN, June 1999.

Rock Around the Class: Teaching Teachers About Rock Music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland Ohio, June, 1999.

You Say You Want A Revolution: The Internet and Music Delivery at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music National Conference, UCLA, October, 1998.

Rock and Roll High School and the Music Industry at Executive Strategy Session, Bozell Worldwide Advertising, New York, October 1998.

So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star: Mentoring, Personal Management and the Student Artist, at Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March, 1998.

What About the Boy: Student Centered Curriculum in Popular Music Studies, International Association for the Study of Popular Music/American Chapter National Conference, Plenary Panel, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 1997.

The Rock Window: A Model for Listening and Analysis, at Institute for Audio Research, New York, NY, April, 1997.

Chair and Respondent for Rock, Opera, Rock-Opera , at "Popular Music and the Canon: Old Boundaries Reconsidered: A Symposium," Eastman School of Music, September, 1996.

Rock Curriculum in the Classroom: The Rock Window Paradigm, at "A Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers," Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH, June, 1996.

Popular Music Studies: Plus Ca Change, Opening Address, International Association for the Study of Popular Music/American Chapter Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, October, 1995.

What A Long Strange Trip It's Been: Performance Aesthetic, Community Building and the Grateful Dead, International Association for the Study of Popular Music Eighth International Conference, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, July, 1995.

Space, The Final Frontier: The Grateful Dead, Spirituality and Oppositionality, Hemispheric Conference, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Casa de Las Americas, Havana, Cuba, October 1994.

We're Not Gonna' Take It: Oppositionality in Popular Music, San Francisco (1969) and Beijing (1989), Keynote Address, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Australian/Pan Asian Conference, Lismore, Australia, July, 1994.
Why Ask Why: Content in Music Industry Curriculum, Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association annual conference, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, March, 1993.

Rock and Roll on the Long March: Oppositionality and Technology in Chinese Popular Music, paper presented at "Defining the Local in Music: An International Symposium," School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, October, 1992.

Classic Rock and Roll: A Regional Style, paper presented at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music American annual conference, Yale University, September, 1988.

Western Popular Music: Lessons for Contemporary China, lecture at China Record Corporation, Beijing, China, August, 1988.

Music Production and Industry Development: A History, paper presented at the International Communications and Youth Culture Consortium Conference, Berlin, April, 1988.

A Taxonomy of Western Popular Music: Lessons for examining Music of the World, paper presented at the International Association for Mass Communications Research, New Delhi, India, August, 1986.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Secretary and Executive Board Member, Music and Entertainment Industry Educator's Association, 1998-2000.

Chair, International Association for the Study of Popular Music/ American Chapter, 1991-1995.

Conference Chair, Seventh International Conference, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, July, 1993.

Member, International Executive Committee, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1991-1993.

Member, International Communication and Youth Culture Consortium.

Member, Editorial Board, "Journal of Music Industry Issues."