STUCK IN THE MIDDLE: (RE)CONSIDERING THE MEDIOCRE IN POPULAR MUSIC Bio Peter Doyle is an author, academic and musician, whose books…
Would You Award Björk or Jimi Hendrix A Practice-Led PhD? – what form does new knowledge take in popular music?
PATSY GALLANT’S USE OF VOCAL TECHNIQUES: CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING A FLUID MUSICAL PERSONA Abstract: In this paper, I examine how…
“SOUL CRAFT”: THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF BAD BRAINS, H.R.’s THROAT, AND OTHER HUMAN RESOURCES Abstract: The 1989 album, Quickness, by the…
ANOTHER TAKE: EXPLORING THE SOUND OF CUBAN DANCE MUSIC USING EXPERIMENTAL ARCHEOLOGY IN THE RECORDING STUDIO Archaeological researchers are finding…
DISTORTING JAZZ GUITAR: DISTORTION AS EFFECT, CREATIVE TOOL AND EXTENSION OF THE INSTRUMENT Abstract: Notions of aesthetic ‘purity’, tradition, nostalgia…
ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Abstract: This paper argues that despite the increasing popularity of analogue (subtractive) synthesizers, in-depth studies of…