The chapter has over 50 members, with most residing in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. While networks are being established for monthly seminars, the main forum for members remains the annual conference . Members' work is published in the Pacific journal of research into contemporary Music and Popular culture, Perfect Beat .
Main activity is the annual conference.
The most recent conference was held in Amsterdam on October 9 1999. Speakers included Lutgard Mutsaers, Ren Boomkens, Paul Rutten and Martin Cloonan. It also publishes the papers from the Benelux conferences in its conference-series. Their research interests encompass different aspects of pop, rock, jazz, ethno, dance, urban instrumental, and electronic Music, approached from a broad range of perspectives including cultural studies, media, musicology, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, history and theory, politics, sociology, new technology. Among our membership are academics, performers and journalists who share a common interest in Popular Music.