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	Dr Phillip McIntyre
Position:	Lecturer in Communication Head of Discipline, Communication & Media
Faculty/Division:	Faculty of Science and Information Technology School of Design, Communication and Information Technology
Contact Details:	Staff Directory Entry
Qualifications:	PhD(Macquarie University) 2004 Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) (Hons) (The University of Newcastle) 1994 Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching (The University of Newcastle) 2005 Intermediate Certificate, Institute of Contemporary Audio Engineering, Newcastle, (Dux) 1989
Research Areas:	Communication and Media Creativity and Cultural Production Popular Music Radio Creative Practice as Research
Research Grants:	McIntyre, 2007: Marking Relief, Faculty Science & IT ECA Teaching Relief Grant - $495. McIntyre, 2007: Conference: Art of Record Production 2007, Creative Industries Dept QUT, Brisbane, Faculty Science & IT, ECA Networking/Conference Grant - $1,162. McIntyre, 2007: Conference: Music on the Edge: International Association for the Study of Popular Music ANZ Conference 2007, Dunedin, NZ, RGC Travel Grant - $487. McIntyre, 2006: Research Assistance, DCIT Staff Research Grant Scheme - $3504. McIntyre, 2006: Acquisition of Audio and Video Equipment to Facilitate Ethnographic Projects, Faculty Science & IT RIBG Grant - $4,112 McIntyre, 2006: Acquisition of Audio and Video Equipment to Facilitate Ethnographic Projects, Faculty Science & IT IGC Grant- $1,830 McIntyre, 2005: A Case Study of Domain Acquisition in the Systems Model of Creativity: Investigating a Mastering Engineer's 'Habitus' through Practitioner Based Enquiry (PBE), School of DCIT Seeding Grant - $2500. McIntyre, 2005: Research Assistance, Faculty Science & IT RIBG Grant - $2500. McIntyre, 2005: Creativity and Cultural Production: A Study of Contemporary Western Popular Music Songwriting. School of DCIT PhD Completion Research Grant - $3000. McIntyre, 2004: Research Assistance, Faculty Science & IT RIBG Grant - $2000. McIntyre, 2004: Research Assistance, Faculty Science & IT RIBG Grant - $2000. Eklund, Kerrigan & McIntyre, 2004: The Living History of Fort Scratchley: Representing a Site of Historical and Community Significance in the Newcastle Local Government Area, UoN Collaborative Research Grant - $10,000 Uon and $10,000 NCC. McIntyre, 2002: Gympie Country Music Conference, UoN Travel Grant - $317.
Honours, Distinctions, Societies:	Member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1995-2007 Member of the Australian Musicological Society, 2002-2003 Member of the Planning Committee for Newcastle Music Week, 2004-2005 Member of the Consultative Committee for the 1233 ABC Music Awards, 2002 Member of the Steering Committee for the Jane Groeneveld 'Popular Music Industry Feasibility Study' funded by the Hunter Area Consultative Committee and Department of Employment Workplace Relations & Small Business,1998 Inaugural Member of the Hunter Music Industry Development Board, 1994 Member Hunter Society of Business Communicators, 1994
Teaching Interests:	CMNS4100 Communication Honours: Research Methods CMNS4120 Communication Honours: Directed Readings CMNS3310 Communication Creativity and Cultural Production CMNS2350 Contemporary Popular Music: Cultural Production and Use CMNS2150 Media Production: Radio CMNS2370 Media Production: Sound
Supervision of Students:	PhD (Principal Supervisor) Communication and Community: The Representation of Newcastle Through Film & Literary Texts - A Natural Classification of Local Socialized Subjectivity. PhD (Principal Supervisor) Investigating a Practitioner's Creative Process: Creating Video Documentaries Where the Geographical Location is a Part of the Narrative. PhD (Principal Supervisor) Rock this City: A History of Pub Rock in Newcastle, NSW (1973-1987). PhD (Principal Supervisor) Print Journalism and the Creative Process. PhD (Co-Supervisor) Variation and Perceptual Ecologies in Computer Games. M Phil (Principal Supervisor) Effect of Centralisation on Regional Radio: Case Study of the Super Radio Network (SRN) in Northern NSW and South East Queensland. MCA (Principal Supervisor) A Playwright's Toolkit: The Instruments, Tools and Agency of a Playwright in the Creative Writing Process. MA (Principal Supervisor) Defining the Basic Electronic Skills Required for Music Educators: The Case of the Master of Music Technology Program at the University of Newcastle. Hons (Principal Supervisor) Welcome Valley: An Investigation of Refugees Living in the Hunter from 1949 to 2005 via an Oral History Project Presented as a Radio Documentary. Hons (Principal Supervisor) Closing the Gap Between Product and Audience: A Case Study of the Promotion of the 'It's A Kinda Magic' Concert Tour of Canada, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Hons (Principal Supervisor) Practice Makes Performance: The Concept of Flow and its Relationships to the Creative Process in Independent Music Recording and Video Production. Hons (Principal Supervisor) Making Stories: A Study of the Systems Model of Creativity Applied to the Production of Contemporary Australian Children's Literature. Hons (Principal Supervisor) Freelance Journalism: A Series of Profiles on the Practice of Creative Individuals.
Professional Positions:	Phillip McIntyre has been involved as a professional in the music industry for the past thirty years. In this time he has been a songwriter, instrumentalist, musical director and manager for various groups dealing with promoters, record companies and distribution labels. He has previously managed a section of a large music retailer and his work as a music journalist entailed interviewing and writing feature stories on a wide range of musicians including David Bowie, John Fogerty, Paul Kelly, Don Walker, Daniel Johns, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Tim Rogers and many others. He has produced and presented a local music radio program on 2NUR-FM as well as sitting on its Advisory Board. He owns and operates a production service, producing and engineering audio and video recordings. A number of the music videos he has produced, directed and edited have been broadcast on ABCTV and he continues to produce and engineer CDs for local musicians. He is a respected industry figure in Newcastle having worked with well known professionals such as Silverchair, TMG and the Cockroaches. He has taught in the Ausmusic Basic Music Industry Skills course at TAFE as well as teaching courses for the Music Industry Training Package at WEA. He sits on the Editorial Board of Perfect Beat: The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture. He is a reviewer for the Research into Practice Conference, (hosted by the Centre for Research into Practice, Faculty for the Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Hertfordshire UK) and is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of the Book. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. *Consultancy Work:* Dr Phillip McIntyre's aptitude for project management and creative output can be seen in the specific example of his active involvement in the management of the award winning band Supersonic. Supersonic have been declared winners of five competitions, including the prestigious National youthweek.com RockIT 2000 song competition funded by DETYA and the Hard Rock Café Future Rock 2002 national band competition. Phillip has been executive producer for four of their CD releases which have been played on media nationally and internationally. He has also shot, edited and/or produced three of their most recent video recordings all of which were aired on ABCTV. The most recent project Phillip was involved in for Supersonic ran from 2003 to 2004 and was primarily funded by the band's activities and a group of investors. Phillip was instrumental in negotiating this funding. The project involved the coordination and oversight of the recording, manufacture, release and promotion of a popular music single, an album of songs and a video, as well as the business management of the musical group involved. Phillip undertook the planning, budgetary and oversight responsibilities during this project period (2003-2004). The project also required engaging a PR firm (AMB), a manufacturing plant (MAD) as well as negotiating conditions and terms with a commercial distributor (MGM) for the product. The project also saw him acting as the producer of a promotional videoclip using an eight person crew. The management of this entire project by Phillip McIntyre eventually involved the organisation of the work and transportation of five personnel touring across the east coast of Australia. Dr Phillip McIntyre's management and creative expertise was instrumental in the success of this project. Furthermore, Phillip's extensive involvement in this project formed a significant basis for the ethnographically oriented participant observation aspect of his doctoral research. The research not only included this participant observation but also included a number of in-depth interviews, survey and document analysis.

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