Role:
Academic Course Leader for Popular Music at University of Gloucestershire.

Qualifications:
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy

Module leader for:
Songwriting & Performance
Songwriting & Context
Major Music Project

Previously module leader for:
Music Performance
Live Music Event
Marketing, Data & Analytics
Music Publishing & Rights Management
Music Law & Copyright

Visiting lecturer at University of South Wales:
The Creative Musician
Principles of Music Promotion and Marketing
The Future of Intellectual Property in the Music Industry

Staff Excellence Award Winner
‘Outstanding Team’ for Music Business. University of Gloucestershire Staff Awards 2019.

WOW! Award Winner 2022
Acknowledging excellence at the University of Gloucestershire.

Staff Excellence Award Nomination:
Partnership & Community Award. University of Gloucestershire Staff Awards 2022

Student led staff awards nominations:
Best Academic Feedback (2021)
Best Academic Feedback (2020)
Most Engaging Module: The Live Event (2019)
Most Engaging Module: Events Management (2018)

Chapter in Edited Collections:

Daman Thomas, M E  (2020) Digital performances Livestreaming music and the documentation of the creative process. In: The Future of Live Music. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 83-96.

Conference Papers:

Daman Thomas, M. E (2018) Livestreaming: will musicians start playing the game? The Future of Live Music Conference, 7 June 2018, University of Central Lancashire (Unpublished)

Guest lectures, workshops, talks and panel appearances
2021 Experimenting with Online Teaching and Learning, Festival of Learning, University of Gloucestershire
2018 'On Record: Stop. Pause, Repeat' panel, Artes Mundi, National Museum, Cardiff
2017 'Making Money From Music' panel, BBC Introducing, University of Gloucestershire
2017 'Unconventional Songwriting' University of South Wales
2017 'Artist Development', panel, Indie Week, BIMM, Manchester
2017 'Being In A Band' talk, Forte Project, Chapter, Cardiff
2016 'DIY Music Publishing' lecture, University of South Wales
2016 'Collaborative Songwriting - The Art of Jamming' lecture, University of South Wales
2015 In Conversation with Jeff Barrett, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
2015 'DIY Music Publishing', talk. BBC Horizons Base Camp Aberteifi
2015 Music Networking Event, talk on running Shape. Four Bars, Cardiff
2014 'Running a DIY Label', talk BBC Horizons Base Camp, Aberteifi
2014 'Doing Music and Business', lecture, University of Newport
2014 'The Art of Diversifying', panel. Focus Wales, Wrexham
2014 'The Music Scene', panel. Pili Pala Festival, Swansea
2013 Zine-a-thon - workshop. Diffusion Festival, Cardiff
2012 'Exploring Music Videos' Place in a Digital Landscape' - panel. Soundtrack Festival, Cardiff

Other experience: 

Mentor:
Accredited mentor status from USW.
Mentor on the youth music development scheme Forte Project from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017. 

Stakeholder Director of Welsh Music Foundation.

Voted by people who work in music in Wales to become a Stakeholder Director of the WMF.

PRS Foundation New Music Plus... UK.

Two year professional development programme for creative producers.

Bespoke training at arts venues around the UK to enhance creative programming, marketing and business skills.

Partnered to work with Chapter in Cardiff, this relationship lead on the development of From Now On Festival. 

Specialist Training

• Music Publishers Association: Introduction to Music Publishing two day course.

• Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) two day training course on running festivals and events.

• International Artist, Rights & Music Management Professional Business Development Programme Level 1 & Level 2.

• Introduction to Higher Education (two day workshop)