Dr Simon Poole

Biography

Simon is a writer, broadcaster, event organiser, musician and academic. His first experience of the music business was working in a record shop as a teenager. A life long love of vinyl and our individual and social engagement with the cultures of music ensued, culminating with a PhD in record collecting from Brunel University.

Simon is also a musician and has toured across Europe, America, Australia and Japan performing at festivals such as Dark MoFo, Psycho Las Vegas and Roskilde. He has released music on independent and major record labels and recorded sessions for the BBC on Radio One and Six Music. His most recent album was released in December 2024 on Universal.

Previously Simon was a senior lecturer in the Music department at Falmouth university and course leader for MA Music Business. He has also run undergraduate and postgraduate Music Management and industry programmes at other U.K. universities.