Popular Music & Technology Conference

Popular Music & Technology Conference

Post by Mark Grimsha » Wed, 26 Jun 1996 04:00:00



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.

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For further information concerning the Music Department visit
http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/pa/musdiv/mushome.htm

--
Mark Grimshaw
Salford University Music Department:
        http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/pa/musdiv/mushome.htm