This week I had a nice email from a chap called Thomas who lives in the US. Thomas is considering a career in music psychology and was asking, as many do, about what my day job is really like. I have written a blog before about how to prepare for a music psychology master course. I have also written a little piece on the types of job you might go on to enjoy once you have finished. But Thomas wanted to know a bit more about the other end of the road – what is it like to be a music psychology academic (lecturer). So this is the subject of…

One of the things I love about being a lecturer in music psychology is working with the fantastically interesting people who choose to take our masters course in music, mind and brain. The nature of the discipline means we get applications from people with lots of different backgrounds; psychologists, musicians, therapists, journalists, teachers, engineers…the list is wonderfully rich and diverse. One of the consequences of this great mix is that I get to supervise lots of different masters projects. I thought I would give you a flavour of the projects I am overseeing this year, so you can get an idea of what sort of things can go on in…