A practitioner’s first 10,000 hours….

Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 4a Continuing on from my previous blogs (2015a) in this series. As Ericsson et al (1993, p363} found, it takes an aspiring practitioner approaximately 10,000 hours in proactive deliberate practice to aquire the level of expert performance. It is from this base, that I commence my...

Reflecting on my Learning & Teaching (L&T) Practice

Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 3e Continuing on from my previous blogs (Page, 2015d) in this series: it is my desired goal to develop a collaborative, collegial, safe learning environment. Trust and respect are core to this process. Reflecting on 16T2 Note: an abbreviated version of this blog is available as a powerpoint presentation.  It...

Experimental Practice Changes the Approach to Mainstream Music-Production

History of Music Production Series – Part 4g This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. (Maypole 2018a) Mainstream popular music-making practitioners draw on broader lineage Musical hybridity is prevalent in most approaches...

DIY Experimental Practice Influences Large Format Console Studios

History of Music Production Series – Part 4e This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. (Paul, 2016) Development of production techniques in mainstream popular music-making The making of mainstream popular music has developed exponentially over the past five (5) decades, in terms of musical style, site (creative...

DIY Culture & Music

History of Music Production Series – Part 4e This blog is a continuation of a series. For the previous blog, please see The DIY Music-making Practitioner (Page, 2015a). (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...

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,...

The DIY music-making practitioner

History of Music Production Series – Part 4c 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...

What is your approach to learning & teaching (L&T) practice – Pt3?

Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 3d So now you are in the process of developing mastery of one self,  what is your reconsidered approach to learning & teaching (L&T) practice? Layer 9: My approach in the learning experience Continuing on from my previous blogs (Page, 2015a) in this series: it is my...

What is your approach to learning & teaching (L&T) practice – Pt2?

Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 3c So now you are in the process of developing mastery of one self,  what is your reconsidered approach to learning & teaching (L&T) practice? Layer 8: My approach in preparing for a learning practice session Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series (Page, 2015a;...

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