Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Popular Music Scenes in a Regional and Rural Context
References
Part I: People and Place
Chapter 1: Music at the End of the Land: Reflections on the Pembrokeshire Music Network
The Blurred Canvas: Pembrokeshire's 'Embedded' and 'Parallel' Scenes
The Present: The Ephemeral Essence of the Network
Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Diamonds in the Backyard: Migrant Youth and Hip Hop in Australian Regional Towns
Background and Methodology

Regional Settings of Migrant Youth Belonging
Hip Hop as a Space of Belonging: Juggling Contradictions, Connecting Cultural Worlds
Regional Places for Hip Hop
Music Pathways of Regional Migrant Youth
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: From the City to the Bush: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Australia's Urban and Rural Music Scenes
Some Definitions
The Autoethnographic Approach and My Insider/Outsider Perspective
Emergent Themes
Resources
What Is Professional?
The Performer/Educator Nexus and Diversification
The Value of Music and Musicians

Going Bush, What Did It Mean and Am I Still Relevant?
Sense of Place and Identity in the Bush
Concluding Thoughts, Limitations and Future Directions
References
Part II: Technology and Distribution
Chapter 4: Sounds and Peripheral Places: Trajectory and Portrait of the Rock Scene in Tâmega (Portugal) Over the Last Decade
Disturbing the Scene
Methodological Approach
Sound Check in the Countryside: Regional and Rural Music Scenes
Big Dreams Without Traditional Stages
Conclusion
References

Chapter 5: Indian Electronic Dance Music Festivals as Spaces of Play in Regional Settings: Understanding Situated and Digital Electronic Dance Music Performances
Regional Sites as Festal Performative Spaces
Situated Experiences of Festival Bodies
Performing EDMC: Festival Bodies at Regional Sites
Translocal Sounds of EDMC
The Role of Technology in the Perpetuation of EDMC
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: 'Take Me to Church': Developing Music Worlds Through the Creative Peripheral Placemaking and Programming of Other Voices
Thar Áit (Beyond Place)

Bonds and Borderlands: Methods, Networks and Edges
The Known World, What We Know Now: The Centrality of Events
Bringing It All Back Home
References
Chapter 7: The Creative Music Networks of Regional Recording Studios: A Case Study of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie
The Sunshine Coast and Gympie Compared
The Protean Nature of the Recording Practice and Associated Creative Networks
Research Findings from the Sunshine Coast and Gympie
Domestic Operations
Material Networks
The Internet, Client Base, Income and Type of Practice
Discussion and Conclusion
References