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Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance
Book
King, E., & Prior, H. Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance. The University of Hull

Familiarity underpins our engagement with music. This book highlights theoretical and empirical considerations about familiarity from three perspectives: listening, musicology and performance. Part I, ‘Listening', addresses familiarity as it relates... Read More about Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance.

Embodied listening and the music of Sigur Ros
Journal Article
Elsdon, P. (in press). Embodied listening and the music of Sigur Ros. Popular musicology,

In 1990 Susan McClary and Robert Walser appealed for a musicology which could account for the effects of rock, or as they put it: ‘a greater willingness to try to circumscribe an effect metaphorically, to bring one’s own experience as a human being t... Read More about Embodied listening and the music of Sigur Ros.

Shaping popular music
Book Chapter
Prior, H., & Greasley, A. Shaping popular music.

Much of the research on musical shaping in performance focuses on Western classical music. Although this provides scope for interesting work, the extent to which its findings are applicable to Western popular music is unclear: what different concepti... Read More about Shaping popular music.

The potential of the jazz record
Book Chapter
Elsdon, P. The potential of the jazz record.

It is often said there is no jazz without the record, or that the history of jazz is in fact the story of recordings. Such positions always recall the limits of the record, compared to the live experience. And yet, for many listeners, the most import... Read More about The potential of the jazz record.

The Piano Makers
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. The Piano Makers

Furthering the research into the binaural method, and specifically the ‘ear-shot’ aesthetic, this piece also explores the evolving soundscape - more specifically, the disappearance of sounds and the significance of the recording process thereof. The... Read More about The Piano Makers.

Closely Observed Trains
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. Closely Observed Trains

The binaural method was employed to capture the sonority of the overground and underground railways in England. As the binaural method works under the premise of recording what is heard by the recordist, the capture of sonic environments becomes intu... Read More about Closely Observed Trains.

The Middlewood Sessions (Middlewood Records MWS1101)
Digital Artefact
Slater, M. The Middlewood Sessions (Middlewood Records MWS1101)

Studio production, full length album. Digital release; 60 mins.