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Text and Context as Corequisites in the Popular Analysis of Music

When asked to provide a contribution for an anthology or for a conference, I am usually expected to say something about popular music analysis. This occasion is no exception and I am pleased to oblige. However, over the last ten years, I have come to realise that the sort of popular music analysis I have been trying to develop for teaching purposes may in fact have more value in contributing to the development of a popular analysis of music. Therefore, although what follows is may be largely based on observations made in the course of teaching popular music theory, history and analysis, it will also, I hope, be of interest to those teaching or researching any sort of music.