Chris Anderton is an Associate Professor at Solent University, UK, where he

teaches music management, business, history and culture. He is co-author of

the book Understanding the Music Industries (Sage, 2013) and has published

book chapters and articles on music bootlegging, music blogs, progressive

rock, and music festivals. He established the in-house music organisation

Solent Music (solentmusic.com) in 2011 and is co-Executive Producer of

the annual Solent SMILE Festival (smilefest.co.uk). His research interests

include the cultural economy of music festivals and live events, the future of

the music industries, and the 'hidden histories' of popular, underground and

niche music genres.