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New article published by Journal on the Art of Record Production [posted: 12.07.11]
Please see the following link: http://arpjournal.com/845/experiencing-musical-composition-in-the-daw-the-software-interface-as-mediator-of-the-musical-idea-2/
This article is an expanded and revised version of my recent paper, ‘Experiencing musical composition in the DAW: the software interface as mediator of the musical idea’, which was delivered at the Art of Record Production Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University in December 2010. -
Musical performance and the machine: thoughts on the interplay between technology and the human musician [posted: 12.06.09]
Paper given at Coventry University National Music Performance Symposium (10th June 2009)
‘Bravo for this software. Works like a Swiss watch’. (R. Sanchez, Cirque du Soleil)
In March 2004 the New York Times reported on a legal tiff between Local 802 (the New York branch of the American Federation of Musicians) and a music technology company called […] -
The musician is a machine [posted: 16.03.09]
Musicians operate machines or ‘instruments’, which simply described are an extension of the physical body into non-human materials like wood and metal. In some cases it can simply be machinery situated ‘on site’ within the human body, such as the vocal cords. In most cases it is a combination of three individual machines: (a) the […]
