Music Research Forum Paul Carr (Cardiff School of Cultural & Creative Industries) An Analysis of Virtuality in the Creation and Reception of the Music of Frank Zappa Thursday 8 May, 1-2pm, MT.G18 This paper will discuss the creation and reception of the music of Frank Zappa, who overtly positioned his creative output in a virtual, often…
Music Research Forum Joe Bennett (BSU) Creativity, similarity thresholds and intellectual property in popular music production Wednesday 26th February, 2pm, MT.G18 The music recording industry is built on two intellectual properties – the composition and the sound recording. All musical sound recordings can therefore be considered derivative works, being audio manifestations of a composition (and…
Music Research Forum Simon Zagorski-Thomas The Musicology of Record Production Wednesday 8th January 2014, 2pm, MT.G18 In this presentation I will explore the idea of sonic cartoons – the notion that recorded music should be considered as a creative form of schematic representation which is as different from live performance as cinema is different from…
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