Production perspectives of heavy metal record producers (2018)
Journal Article
Thomas, N., & King, A. (in press). Production perspectives of heavy metal record producers. Popular music, ISSN 0261-1430

The study of the recorded artefact from a musicological perspective continues to unfold through contemporary research. Whilst an understanding of the scientific elements of recorded sound is well documented the exploration of the artistic nature of t... Read More

A synchrotron X-radiography study of the fragmentation and refinement of primary intermetallic particles in an Al-35 Cu alloy induced by ultrasonic melt processing (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, F., Eskin, D., Mi, J., Wang, C., Koe, B., King, A., …Connolley, T. (2017). A synchrotron X-radiography study of the fragmentation and refinement of primary intermetallic particles in an Al-35 Cu alloy induced by ultrasonic melt processing. Acta Materialia, 141, (142-153). doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2017.09.010. ISSN 1359-6454

Using synchrotron X-ray high speed radiography, the fragmentation and refinement of pre-existing primary Al2Cu intermetallic dendrites induced by ultrasonic melt processing in a hypereutectic Al-35% Cu alloy were studied in-situ and in real time. The... Read More

The Routledge companion to music, technology, and education (2017)
Book
(2017). The Routledge companion to music, technology, and education. doi:10.4324/9781315686431

The Routledge Companion to Music, Technology, and Education is a comprehensive resource that draws together burgeoning research on the use of technology in music education around the world. Rather than following a procedural how-to approach, this com... Read More

Music, technology, and education: Critical perspectives (2016)
Book
(2016). Music, technology, and education: Critical perspectives

The use of technology in music and education can no longer be described as a recent development. Music learners actively engage with technology in their music making, regardless of the opportunities afforded to them in formal settings. This volume dr... Read More

Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities (2015)
Book
King, A. (2015). Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities. In Activating Diverse Musical Creativities, 203-222. London: Bloomsbury Academic. doi:10.5040/9781474220316.ch-011

Burnard’s seminal work, Musical Creativities in Practice, has begun to change the way creativity is viewed in music (2012) . In this work Burnard rejects the view of a single concept of creativity that encompasses all aspects of music and instead pro... Read More

The Student Prince: Music-making with technology (2012)
Book Chapter
King, A. (2012). The Student Prince: Music-making with technology. In G. E. McPherson, & G. F. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, 476 - 491. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199928019.013.0031

This article examines recording studio practice in education. It begins by tracing the historical background of music-making with technology and providing an overview of how technology is used in the music curriculum. It then discusses the key relati... Read More

An expert in absentia: a case study for using technology to support recording studio practice (2009)
Journal Article
King, A. (2009). An expert in absentia: a case study for using technology to support recording studio practice. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 2(2-3), 175-185. doi:10.1386/jmte.2.2-3.175_1

This article examines the use of a Learning Technology Interface (LTI) to support the completion of a recording workbook with audio examples over a ten-week period. The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) provided contingent support to studio users fo... Read More

Contingent learning for creative music technologists (2009)
Journal Article
King, A. (2009). Contingent learning for creative music technologists. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 18(2), 137-153. doi:10.1080/14759390902992550

This article will review educational literature relevant to the design and implementation of a learning technology interface (LTI) into an undergraduate music technology curriculum. It also explores through empirical enquiry some of the advantages an... Read More

Collaborative learning in the music studio (2008)
Journal Article
King, A. (2008). Collaborative learning in the music studio. Music education research, 10(3), 423-438. doi:10.1080/14613800802280167

This article presents some of the findings from a mixed-methods case study that investigated collaborative learning for pairs of higher education students working in a music studio on a drum kit recording. A stratified purposive sampling technique wa... Read More