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Johnny Marr appointed visiting professor at Salford University

posted by davidt on Monday October 22 2007, @12:00PM
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Johnny Marr appointed visiting professor - University of Salford news

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He found fame with cult indie band The Smiths and now, as Visiting Professor, influential Manchester-born guitarist, Johnny Marr will be passing on his musical expertise to students at Salford University.

The ex-Smiths guitarist and current band member of Modest Mouse will be delivering a series of workshops and masterclasses to students on the BA Popular Music and Recording degree at Salford.
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Also in the news:

Johnny Marr: Guitarist-turned-professor - USA Today / AP
Smiths' Johnny Marr Becomes A Professor - Undercover.com.au
Smiths star made music professor - BBC News (link from Danny)
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  • Why is Johnny rushing around everywhere accepting these "honours"? He'll be accepting an OBE next?
    Surely he's getting enough good publicity with Modest Mouse? Stop cheapening yourself Johnny!
    Anonymous -- Monday October 22 2007, @01:12PM (#279679)
  • Johnny deserves to be honoured, i think that some people on this site forget that there were other people in the smiths aswell as Morrissey. also its great cause i go to salford uni
    mozsupportsrovers -- Monday October 22 2007, @01:30PM (#279684)
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  • ...for the students especially. If he wants to do it why not. Wish I was a Salford student - imagine JM teaching you the finer points?
    Anonymous -- Monday October 22 2007, @01:35PM (#279686)
    • Re:It's great by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday October 22 2007, @01:51PM
      • Re:It's great by mozsupportsrovers (Score:1) Monday October 22 2007, @02:02PM
  • Some artists become professors and some professors become artists... and Marr does not have the airs of a professor. Maybe that's why the students will think he's so cool.

    Don't forget to honor Morrissey as well, he would be an excellent singing-songwriting teacher. I think, despite all the comments here on his enfantility, that he is a terrific communicator. He sure knows a lot about how to make an audience interact with him, to provoke responses, and that is an important skill to have as a "professor". And Morrissey was turned down as a musical critic and did not even get to finish school. Yet he is so cultivated and articulate- not that Johnny isn't either - but why not point Morrissey too? Oh, how ironic destiny can be... And even in those early, pre-solo days he was still so...articulate (and why not say pedagogical? Actually both of them were, and it seems they were competing against each other with that). Just take a look at this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikwKaMlzoyI
    Mrs. Woolf -- Monday October 22 2007, @04:50PM (#279717)
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    • Re:Funny... by anonomuirgheasa (Score:1) Monday October 22 2007, @07:09PM
      • Re:Funny... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 23 2007, @02:02PM

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