Popular Music within second tier cities such as Brighton!

This week In Creative industries I have been studying Popular music, and have also been looking at why Brighton has been so successful within the music industry. Brighton being a second tier has worked in its favour, with some of the benefits of second tier cities being that Musicians have

 more time to develop a distinct sound.

• Second tier cities are sites of difference.
• Second tier cities are places of divergent popular culture
• Second tier cities have different and marketable landscapes.
• Second tier cities such as Brighton possess a certain level of independence.
• Second tier cities have marketable landscapes and identity.

The diverse genres of music in Brighton have been successful, and I think that it's distance from London has been of an advantage allowing it to gain its own unique identity.It is a fact that often the great music cities are often not the capital cities of their nation. Below I have included a video of fatboy slim playing at Brighton beach.This concert attracted 250,000 people to the area.

The Knowledge and the Know how!

This week in creative industries I have been learning about the knowledge economy and how it is very relevant to the creative industries. I have been learning about the importance of education within the creative industries and how its role is to develop knowledge that is the basis of intellectual property. 

It is not the creativity that needs to be taught but rather the commodification of creativity into the creative industries. There are more and more people who are making their money out of knowledge and ideas than ever before hence the great rise within the creative industries particularly within the South East, Brighton included! I have provided some links below to a couple of articles by a couple of theorists who I have found to be very interesting and have done a lot of work on the creative industries and the knowledge economy.

 Charles Leadbetter

Richard Florida

Architecture in Brighton

Architecture is listed as one of the 13 different sectors which are classed as part the creative industries by the DCMS.The Royal Pavillions are a great example of some of the beautiful architecture in Brighton.Great architecture can have great benefits on the public in many different ways by educating,and adding cultural value to a region. The Royal Pavillions in Brighton play a part in boosting the local economy within Brighton by opening itself up for visitors to the town during the summer months and also locals during the winter.

Fashionable Brighton!

This week I have been learning about Fashion as being one of the creative industries which is the most frequent example of the new economy. Fashion particularly plays an important part within the creative industries within the South East of England, with The City of Brighton being no exception. Brighton has a great reputation for fashion and it is one of the creative industries which has played a part within the city imaging of Brighton, helping shape it into the trendy,diverse and innovative city that it is. 

Fashion very much makes a statement about social position and identity in society, defining who we are or want to be. Fashion is also a great example of how popular culture is transforming into the workplace with one persons work becoming another persons leisure. 

Many fashion designers started out in Brighton and 

The university of Brighton has produced many successful designers such as Julian Macdonald, Mark Ely, Gresham Blake and Sarah Arnett. There are many opportunities for young aspiring fashion designers in Brighton with there being a number of different companies such as brightonfrocks which help talented individuals in showcasing their talent. With Brighton being such a vibrant, expressive, and also tolerant city, thse are perfect conditions in which the fashion industry can thrive and fully flourish.