September 2015 Message sent to my HE undergraduate Creative Practice students at the completion of their Trimester studies. “I think the grades and comments are reflective of your personal learning and effort across this Trimester. Irrespective of your grade or overall result, I trust that everyone has an increased awareness of their Creative Arts practice,...
Doctoral Research Study – Part 2h
Design of Research Study This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. Aim of Research Study The aim of my Doctor of Creative Industries’ Research Project 1 is to investigate both my DIY music-making practice, and my self as a practitioner during the process of creating and producing...
History Music Production Part 5b – DIY Culture & Music
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. (Musical Styles/Genre 2016) Musical styles (Genre) studies exemplifying changing practice in music production I provide some examples of contemporary DIY music production practitioners, chosen because of the following: their presence in public mediums; are considered a source of information and influence...
Effective and best practice for the contemporary music practitioner
Standards of effective practice have played an important part in the audio industry, even though these may be challenged by DIY culture and practices. Historically, the music and audio industry’s standards have addressed commercial and technical criteria. In commercial terms a “successful record producer is, by definition, someone who has had multiple hits” (Burgess 1997,...
History Music Production Part 5a – The DIY music-making practitioner
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. Following substantial technological development from the late 1960s to today, music practice has diversified exponentially in a variety of social and cultural contexts (Wallis 2001; Watson and Shove 2008). Limited access to major corporate record label and broadcasting studios in...
Doctoral Research Study – Part 2g
My journey continues…. (Page 2014) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. Year 2015: 2nd Observation Part g Bordering my music-making practice As mentioned in the previous blog, I came to understand within the first few months I needed to broadly explore the fields and disciplines of...
Educational Philosophy Part 3c
On track to develop mastery of one self, what is your approach to education and learning? (contd) Layer 9: My approach in the learning experience Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series: it is my desired goal to develop a collaborative, collegial, safe learning environment. Trust and respect are core to this process. As mentioned in the...
Educational Philosophy Part 3b
On track to develop mastery of one self, what is your approach to education and learning? Layer 8: My approach in preparing for a learning practice session Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series: as I have indicated in my first blog, I have laid this section out in the following nine (9) parts. Layer 8a: My approach...
Reflective Practice – Part 5
In addition to formal industry training, imitation and scaffolded experience, a third essential aspect of training and developing ones’ creative practice, is reflection (Burgess 2013, 35; Schön 1983, 3; McKee 2003; Roth 1989). Lawrence-Wilkes & Chapman (2015) encourage practitioners irrespective of their level within an industry or field: “Reflective practice provides an opportunity to enhance professional...
History Music Production Part 4d – Digital Project Studios become the platform for contemporary DIY music-making?
(MIDAS 2014) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. The changing field of music production Portable Studio With the development of laptops and handheld microphones such as the Zoom H4, the project studio got smaller and more mobile. Coined as portable studios, anyone with musical aspirations could...