CALL FOR PAPERS
Popular Music and Technology Conference
Introduction
Salford University Music Department is holding a two-day conference
on popular music and technology from April 19th. - 20th. 1997. The
use of modern electronic technology permeates the production, performance
and consumption of popular music yet the study of its musical
implications
remains relatively small and diffuse. The aim of this conference is to
bring together these disparate strands of research and stimulate
discussion
in this dynamic and exciting field. The conference will address the
following themes:
Composition -
composition with/by technology
popular music aesthetics and technology
constraints of media and formats
the producer as composer
the 'grain of technology
composition by committee
Performance and Communication -
definitions of performance
producer as performer
the studio in concert and performance in the studio
is it 'live?
technology as mediator: from conception to consumption
popular music on the Internet
Redefining Musicology -
studying popular music and technology
the language of technology
analysis of technology in popular music
using technology to analyse popular music
aesthetics
Social, Political and Economic Issues -
global responses to Western music technology
technology as empowering or enslaving
implications of the Internet
the cult of technology
ownership
race and generation
Women, Popular Music and Technology -
technology and women composers
the language of technology - a male domain?
Thirty minute papers (plus 10 minutes for questions) will be presented in
panels following the above themes.
Keynote speakers are likely to include:
Andrew Goodwin (University of San Francisco, USA) and
Steve Jones (University of Oklahoma, USA).
Papers will be refereed (blind) - at present the referee panel includes:
Jurgen Brauninger (University of Natal, South Africa);
David Burnand (Royal College of Music, UK) and
Jon Epstein (Wake Forest University, USA).
Publication of the proceedings will be sought.
It is anticipated that the conference fee will be approximately 45 and
that hotel accommodation will cost around 35 per night. In addition to
the presentations a number of special cultural events are planned
including
raves, performances and other more informal gatherings.
Please send c.250 word abstracts by Friday 20th September 1996 to:
Mark Grimshaw, Tim Warner or Sheila Whiteley,
Music Department,
Salford University,
Adelphi Campus,
Peru Street,
Salford,
Manchester M3 6EQ.
UK.
or
For further information concerning the Music Department visit
http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/pa/musdiv/mushome.htm
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Mark Grimshaw
Salford University Music Department:
http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/pa/musdiv/mushome.htm