George Musgrave (academic)
musical artist and academic
George Musgrave FRSA FRSPH is an academic whose research examines the psychosocial conditions of work in creative careers, with a particular focus on the music industry. He is based at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has previously held positions at the University of Westminster and has been a guest lecturer at New York University.
Musgrave is also a rapper and performs under the stage-name of Context. He released his debut mixtape Dialectics in 2008, Mental Breakdown Music in 2009, the EPs Stealing My Older Brother's Tapes and Hindsight is the Purest Form of Romance in 2014, and the album The England No One Cares About (Soundtrack) in 2024.
Early life and education
Musgrave went to Wymondham College from 2000 to 2005, and achieved a first-class degree in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge in 2009. He then went on to do an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 2010 and completed his ESRC funded PhD at the Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia in 2014
Academic career
He is the co-author of Can Music Make You Sick? alongside Sally Anne Gross, a two-part report published in 2016 and 2017, and subsequent book in 2020 published by University of Westminster Press. The study examined relationships between working conditions in the music industry and experiences of distress and wellbeing among musicians. The research - described as "the largest known study into mental health and the music industry" - led directly to the establishment of the first 24/7 mental health helpline for musicians - Music Minds Matter - launched by the charity Help Musicians UK in 2017.
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