5th Annual Art of Record Production Conference

ARP 2009 Call For Papers

Hosted by the Division of Music and Sound, The Atrium, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, S. Wales

Producing Recorded Performances: Capture or Design?

The conference organizers invite submissions for papers on the following themes and any other related topics:

1. Performance and Record Production.
The evolving process of record production has altered performance practice in a variety of ways and across the whole range of musical styles. In turn these new developments have themselves driven the development of new musical styles. This stream will examine these issues and also how changes in the creative decision making process have affected the traditional roles of performer, composer, arranger and producer.

2. Capturing Environments, Designing Space.
For many recording professionals the idea of 'capturing' the character of a specific space is central to their practice. For others the artificial construction of perceived ambience is equally crucial. The 'sonic environment' of recorded music can strongly affect the perceived meaning for a listener but the sound the performer hears during the recording process is also an important factor. This stream seeks to examine both how the artificial design of space has been incorporated into the production and compositional process as well as how techniques that are specific to the recording of classical, jazz, acoustic, folk and traditional music forms utilise the sound of recorded space.

3. Independent Production and Distribution
There is a long history of independent and entrepreneurial producers stretching from pioneers such as Sam Phillips and Joe Meek to contemporary artists such as Linda Perry and Steve Albini. There are also a variety of business models and working practices through which independent record producers and independent forms of distribution can be connected. This stream invites submissions relating to any of the above points and also those dealing with emerging business models related to independent and / or small scale production and the way they fit into the wider market place.

4. Five Years On: The Musicology of Record Production
Five years after the 'Towards a Musicology of Record Production' stream at the first ARP conference, how has this field of study moved on? What difference does it make when that study is in the western art tradition of musicology, ethnomusicology or popular music studies? What are the methodologies and approaches being utilised in this area and how do they fit together? What should a musicology of record production study and why?

We welcome work from any relevant academic perspective, including but not limited to popular music studies, ethnomusicology, the study of performance practice, communication studies, historical musicology, the history of technology, ergonomics, acoustics and psychoacoustics, music theory, music cognition, music and music technology education, and the philosophies of music, mediation and technology. Please include a note on methodology where appropriate.

Proposals for individual papers and poster presentations should not exceed 500 words and should be in Word Document, Rich Text File or Text file formats (doc, docx, rtf or txt files). Submissions to Simon Zagorski-Thomas by email to simonzt@artofrecordproduction.com. Papers will be accepted in either English or Welsh.

The deadline for proposals is the Thursday 30th April 2009. Other guest speakers (subject to final confirmation) include Hank Shocklee, Steve Levine, Mike Howlett, Fran Nevrka, Greg Haver and Charlie Francis. Professor Nicholas Cook discussing the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music Professor Allan Moore (author of Analyzing Popular Music and Rock: The Primary Text) Professor Michael Chanan (author of Repeated Takes) Pianist Dr. Mine Dogantan-Dagg and producer Ates Orga

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