Location: NYU Steinhardt Studios, 35 West 4th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10012
Moderated by: Jonathan S. Abrams, Nutmeg Post
Speaker(s): Dr. Simon Zagorski-Thomas, Reader in Music, London College of Music, University of West London
Simon Zagorski-Thomas’ new book, The Musicology of Record Production, looks at the theory behind record production. He examines both how you can analyse the sound of recorded music and the process of making it. In this talk he will look at the business of music, both in terms of the industries that produce the technology and the record companies that broker the deals that make productions happen. How do these business deals make a difference to the actual sound of the recordings that get made? Using a series of examples, he will explore some of the ideas from his book.
About the Presenter: Simon Zagorski-Thomas is a Reader at the London College of Music, University of West London. He is a director of the annual Art of Record Production Conference, a co-founder of the Journal on the Art of Record Production and co-chairman of the Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production (www.artofrecordproduction.com). His publications include The Art of Record Production (co-edited with Simon Frith, 2012). Before becoming an academic he worked for twenty-five years as a composer, sound engineer and producer with artists as varied as Phil Collins, Mica Paris, London Community Gospel Choir, Bill Bruford, The Mock Turtles, Courtney Pine and the Balanescu Quartet. He continues to compose and record music and is currently conducting research into the musicology of record production, popular music analysis and performance practice in the recording process.
The Musicology of Record Production at Cambridge University Press
Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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