Hello everyone, here's a reminder about a one-day symposium, to be held at the University of Denver (Colorado, USA), 9am to 5pm, on Thursday 12 June 2025, right before the start of the International Communication Association conference. It's free to attend, lunch and coffee will be provided, and everyone is welcome if you register by the end of Thursday 15 May here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/changing-mediations-of-music-audio-and-sound-... Details of topic and names of speakers are below. We're sorry, but the event won't be available online. The event is tied to the publication of an edited collection, Music Streaming Around the World, which will be published in October: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-streaming-around-the-world/paper Kind regards, Dave Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds) Changing Mediations of Music, Audio and Sound: New Systems Around the World University of Denver, 12 June 2025 9:00-9:30 Room open and welcome 9:30-10:45 Panel 1 Music Streaming Platforms and Everyday Life Navigating Temporalities: Music, Streaming Platforms and Everyday Life in Brazil Vanessa Valiati and Ignacio Siles, Universidade Feevale and Universidad de Costa Rica How Streaming Is Reshaping Latin American Music Culture: The Case of Mexican Corridos Tumbados Rodrigo Gómez, Ignacio Gallego, Argelia Muñoz Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa Everyday Life on Music Streaming Platforms in China: Dynamics of Collectivity and Individualisation David Hesmondhalgh & Shuwen Stella Qu University of Leeds and Jinan University 10:45-11:15 Coffee break 11:15-12:45 Panel 2: Consumption and Formats Occupying Nurseries: An Early Childhood-Oriented Strategy in China's Music Industry Peng Will Wu University of Gloucestershire Rethinking Music Consumption and Community Building: A Study of Makromusic Cemal Ataş Bilkent University Cassette Tapes and Streaming Interaction Laura Jordán González Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso The Secrets Your Asshole Keeps: The Media Ecosphere of Obscurest Vinyl Sumanth Gopinath University of Minnesota 12:45-13:45 Lunch 13:45-15:00 Panel 3: Industry and Production SoundCloud as a Space for Professionalization and Visibility: Dynamics of Exchange, Sharing and Promotion of Rap in the Middle East Thomas Michel Université Paris Cité/French Institute of the Near East Challenging Assumptions: Investigating the Revenues of German Music Creators' through Big Data Jana Costas European University Viadrina Being "Independent" in Platformising China: Alternative Music Distribution in the Age of Streaming Zhongwei Mabu Li University of Leeds 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:30-16:45 Panel 4: Changing Mediations Unpacking Micromaterials: A Digital Methods Approach to Analyzing Popular Music on Streaming Platforms Mattia Zanotti University of Milan Valuation and the Metrification of Status at Pollstar Live! Francis Galang University of California, San Diego Analyzing Perceptions of Generative AI in the Music Industry Raquel Campos Valverde & D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye University of Leeds 16:45-17:00 Closing and thanks