<br>CFP 2013 ARP Conference<br>
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The 8th Art of Record Production Conference<br>
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July 12th – 14th 2013<br>
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Université Laval, Québec<br>
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Rewriting The Rules Of Production<br>
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The conference panel invites proposals for papers on the following themes:<br>
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<br>Creative Practice In The Recording Studio<br>
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This stream is concerned with all aspects of creative practice in the
studio: performance (e.g. the differences between the concert hall and
the studio, new forms of performance activity), engineering and
production (e.g. the creative abuse of technology, editing as creative
practice), composing (e.g. issues of multiple authorship, the studio as a
composing tool), improvising (e.g. the constraints and opportunities
associated with improvisation in a controlled environment, improvising
and overdubbing), and also more hybrid forms of creative practice such
as what we might call comprovisation, the way that improvisation becomes
part of the compositional practice.<br>
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The Development of Recording Technology<br>
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How much have the ‘rules’ of production in the recording studio been
written by the product manufacturers and software developers? The
classic model of technological ‘progress’ as a logical and chronological
progression has been enhanced with more nuanced discourses (such as
Paul Théberge’s Any Sound You can Imagine) in the past twenty years, but
do recent changes require further revisions to be made? How has the
notion of audio quality, both in the manufacturing sector and with the
broader listening publics, changed over the years? And what of the ways
that terms such as ‘vintage’, ‘analogue’ and the ‘future of audio’ have
become embedded in the language of technology? With the waters of supply
and demand models muddied by issues of gatekeeping, experts and
rookies, the role of education and power of large suppliers to distort
the economic system, this stream welcomes contributions that help us to
navigate these complicated waterways.<br>
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Alternative Cultures of Production<br>
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The mainstream of the academic narratives of study in our field focus on
the United States and the United Kingdom in the late twentieth century
and the activities of a predominantly white, male, rock music community
working in large scale recording studios for the larger record
companies. This stream seeks to highlight academic work that focuses on
the ‘other’ in its many and varied forms. These alternatives may be
based on geography, nationality, chronology, race, gender, sexuality,
musical style, production techniques, economic model or some other
basis. They may be the mainstream itself in circles outside this
anglo-centric narrative or they may be based on smaller niche
communities. The aim of the stream is to incorporate and integrate the
widest possible range of approaches and subject matter to create a more
richly varied and nuanced academic field of study that doesn’t fall into
the mono-culture traps of traditional musicology.<br>
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<br>The conference panel would like to invite delegates to submit ideas for
presentations exploring aspects of music production, performances and
practical demonstrations on any topic relating to the Art of Record
Production.<br>
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We welcome work from any relevant academic perspective, including but
not limited to popular music studies, ethnomusicology, the study of
performance practice, communication and media studies, cultural 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, and
an indication of the theme your work is intending to address.<br>
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Papers or demonstrations that require recording / studio / 5.1 playback
facilities are also encouraged but selection will be subject to a
feasibility study by the conference panel at Université Laval, Québec.<br>
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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).<br>
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<br>Submissions by email to <a href="mailto:kji@artofrecordproduction.com">kji@artofrecordproduction.com</a><br>
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The deadline for proposals is October 31st 2012<br>
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<br>Katia Isakoff Director of the Art of Record Production Conference<br>
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Gérald Côté Host of the 8th Art of Record Production Conference<br>
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Serge Lacasse Host of the 8th Art of Record Production Conference<br>
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Sophie Stévance Host of the 8th Art of Record Production Conference<br>
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Simon Zagorski-Thomas Director of the Art of Record Production Conference</div><br>-- <br><div>carlos palombini<br></div><a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-7345-2011" target="_blank">www.researcherid.com/rid/F-7345-2011</a><br>