Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. Year 2016: Beginnings Part 1e “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring” [Bowie 2016]. The self emerges as a focus of mine For many decades I...
Category: Audio Theory & Practice
All things audio theory and the practice of audio theory related: acoustics, digital audio workstations (DAWs), microphones, electronics, signal flow, audio processing, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution of cultural productions
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 1d
Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. Year 2016: Beginnings Part 1d “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring” [Bowie 2016]. As I continued on my Project 1 Doctoral Pilot Study, I took...
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 1c
Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. Year 2016: Beginnings Part 1c “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring” [Bowie 2016]. As I continued on my Project 1 Doctoral Pilot Study, I took...
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 1b
Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. Year 2016: Beginnings Part 1b “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring” [Bowie 2016]. In January 2016 I embarked on my Project 1 Research Pilot Study:...
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 1a
Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. Background The topic of my Research Study is entitled: Contemporary DIY Music Practice and the Practitioner Self. Through a first-person narrative of my personal journey, critical reflection and reflexive practice, the co-constituted nature of my...
Pro Tools 12.4 update
The Pro Tools 12.4 update is a minor update relative to the Pro Tools 11 update which saw substantial change to the operating platform it was built upon (from 32 bit to 64 bit). Such a change had significant positive impact on the operating efficiencies of the DAW; but unfortunately, the Pro Tools 11 update also had...
Doctoral Research Study – Part 2k
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 k As part of the professional doctorate program I had entered, we were inducted into the world of academic research study. Whilst I was a relative open book in terms...
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...