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Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair)

Moir, Z. (2016, July). Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair). Presented at Continental Drift: 50 Years of Jazz from Europe
Moir, Z. (2016, July). Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair). Presented at Continental Drift: 50 Years of Jazz from Europe

No abstract available.

2016
Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between

Medbøe, H. (2015). Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between. Norway
Medbøe, H. (2015). Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between. Norway

An album of original compositions performed by Haftor Medbøe (guitar), Espen Eriksen (piano), Gunnar Halle (trumpet) Released on Losen Records, November 2015 with financal su...

2015
Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'

Harkins, P. (2018, December). Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'. Paper presented at Music, Digitalisation, and Democracy
Harkins, P. (2018, December). Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'. Paper presented at Music, Digitalisation, and Democracy

Rather than an abrupt or revolutionary shift from analogue to digital, I will argue in this paper that the use of digital technologies such as samplers have been part of a mor...

2018
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Themes : Information Society x School : School of Arts and Creative Industries x Research Areas : Music x

Prof Chris Atton

Professor
0131 455 2223
c.atton@napier.ac.uk

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Arts and Creative Industries x Research Areas : Music x

Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair)

Moir, Z. (2016, July). Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair). Presented at Continental Drift: 50 Years of Jazz from Europe
Moir, Z. (2016, July). Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair). Presented at Continental Drift: 50 Years of Jazz from Europe

No abstract available.

2016
Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between

Medbøe, H. (2015). Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between. Norway
Medbøe, H. (2015). Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between. Norway

An album of original compositions performed by Haftor Medbøe (guitar), Espen Eriksen (piano), Gunnar Halle (trumpet) Released on Losen Records, November 2015 with financal su...

2015
Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'

Harkins, P. (2018, December). Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'. Paper presented at Music, Digitalisation, and Democracy
Harkins, P. (2018, December). Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'. Paper presented at Music, Digitalisation, and Democracy

Rather than an abrupt or revolutionary shift from analogue to digital, I will argue in this paper that the use of digital technologies such as samplers have been part of a mor...

2018
Was the Sampler a Revolution? Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Synthesizer/Sampling Technologies

Harkins, P. (2018, September). Was the Sampler a Revolution? Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Synthesizer/Sampling Technologies. Paper presented at The Sound of the Anthropocene: Materialities Seminar
Harkins, P. (2018, September). Was the Sampler a Revolution? Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Synthesizer/Sampling Technologies. Paper presented at The Sound of the Anthropocene: Materialities Seminar

No abstract available.

2018
Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments.

Harkins, P. (2018, September). Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP)/International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) UK & Ireland Branch Conference
Harkins, P. (2018, September). Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP)/International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) UK & Ireland Branch Conference

Since the 1980s and 1990s, scholars in Science and Technology Studies (STS) and, more specifically, those adopting the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) approach have b...

2018
Music From The Mundane: Found Sounds and Popular Music Composition

Moir, Z. (2018, June). Music From The Mundane: Found Sounds and Popular Music Composition. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Annual Conference, Tennessee, USA
Moir, Z. (2018, June). Music From The Mundane: Found Sounds and Popular Music Composition. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Annual Conference, Tennessee, USA

No abstract available.

2018
Towards a Critical Consideration of Higher Popular Music Education: 5 Questions and some proposed answers

Moir, Z. (2018, June). Towards a Critical Consideration of Higher Popular Music Education: 5 Questions and some proposed answers. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Annual Conference, Tennessee, USA
Moir, Z. (2018, June). Towards a Critical Consideration of Higher Popular Music Education: 5 Questions and some proposed answers. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Annual Conference, Tennessee, USA

No abstract available.

2018
Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments

Harkins, P. (2018, June). Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments. Presented at Workshop on Objects of Electronic Sound & Music in Museums
Harkins, P. (2018, June). Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments. Presented at Workshop on Objects of Electronic Sound & Music in Museums

This provocation will give an overview of a research project about the historical and contemporary uses of digital synthesizer/sampling instruments. One of the problems I face...

2018
Recording Across Town and The Ocean.

Ferguson, P., Moir, Z., & Bennett, J. (2018, April). Recording Across Town and The Ocean. Paper presented at Network Performing Arts Production Workshop, Miami, USA
Ferguson, P., Moir, Z., & Bennett, J. (2018, April). Recording Across Town and The Ocean. Paper presented at Network Performing Arts Production Workshop, Miami, USA

No abstract available.

2018
Experiences of Remote, Real-Time Music Production.

Moir, Z., Ferguson, P., & Smith, G. D. (2018, April). Experiences of Remote, Real-Time Music Production. Paper presented at NowNet Arts: Artistic and Technological Strategies for Public and Private Networks, New York
Moir, Z., Ferguson, P., & Smith, G. D. (2018, April). Experiences of Remote, Real-Time Music Production. Paper presented at NowNet Arts: Artistic and Technological Strategies for Public and Private Networks, New York

No abstract available.

2018
Jamming in the 3rd Room.

Moir, Z. (2017, September). Jamming in the 3rd Room. Paper presented at Royal Musical Association Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK
Moir, Z. (2017, September). Jamming in the 3rd Room. Paper presented at Royal Musical Association Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK

No abstract available.

2017
Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies

Harkins, P. (2017, June). Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies. Paper presented at 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Kassel, Germany
Harkins, P. (2017, June). Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies. Paper presented at 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Kassel, Germany

The use of digital technologies since the 1980s have changed the way in which music is stored, distributed, and consumed. The use of digital technologies has also reshaped the...

2017
Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education and Industry

Moir, Z. (2017, June). Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education and Industry. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Educators Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado
Moir, Z. (2017, June). Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education and Industry. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Educators Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado

This presentation explores concepts of 'leisure' and 'musical activity' by way of contextualizing the ways in which young people engage with music making as leisure. As such ...

2017
Learning to Create and Creating to Learn: The Importance of Popular Music Composition in Popular Music Education

Moir, Z. (2017, June). Learning to Create and Creating to Learn: The Importance of Popular Music Composition in Popular Music Education. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado
Moir, Z. (2017, June). Learning to Create and Creating to Learn: The Importance of Popular Music Composition in Popular Music Education. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado

This session will focus on Popular Music Composition (PMC) in undergraduate popular music degrees. The presenter will outline several important issues raised by students of PM...

2017
Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds

Harkins, P. (2017, June). Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds. Paper presented at Galpin Society/AMIS Conference on Musical Instruments, The University of Edinburgh
Harkins, P. (2017, June). Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds. Paper presented at Galpin Society/AMIS Conference on Musical Instruments, The University of Edinburgh

This paper will focus on the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI), which is generally regarded as the first commercially available digital sampler. However, its designe...

2017

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Prof Chris Atton

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Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair)

Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between

Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'

Projects (3)

Uncovering the Secrets of the Fairlight: The Device that Revolutionised Pop in the 1980s

ENSEMBLE Performing Together Apart: Enhancing Immersive Multi-Location Co-Performance in Real Time

Multi-Gigabit European Research Network & Associated Services (eMusic)

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Music team and technology helps bring twins virtually together for the BBC World Service 'Digital Planet' programme

Dr Zack Moir Elected to the Board of Directors of the Prestigious Association for Popular Music Education

Brutal or Beautiful: Edinburgh Napier team encourages different view of modernist buildings

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University team asks brutal or beautiful?

Dr Katrina Burton presents her work at Barcelona Architecture Week

Katrina Burton invited to talk about her site-specific compositions to the Church of Scotland's Committee on Church Art and Architecture

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Futures in Jazz - Education and Industry (Panel Chair)

Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between

Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'

Was the Sampler a Revolution? Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Synthesizer/Sampling Technologies

Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments.

Music From The Mundane: Found Sounds and Popular Music Composition

Towards a Critical Consideration of Higher Popular Music Education: 5 Questions and some proposed answers

Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments

Recording Across Town and The Ocean.

Experiences of Remote, Real-Time Music Production.

Jamming in the 3rd Room.

Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies

Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education and Industry

Learning to Create and Creating to Learn: The Importance of Popular Music Composition in Popular Music Education

Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds

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Uncovering the Secrets of the Fairlight: The Device that Revolutionised Pop in the 1980s

ENSEMBLE Performing Together Apart: Enhancing Immersive Multi-Location Co-Performance in Real Time

Multi-Gigabit European Research Network & Associated Services (eMusic)

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Music team and technology helps bring twins virtually together for the BBC World Service 'Digital Planet' programme

Dr Zack Moir Elected to the Board of Directors of the Prestigious Association for Popular Music Education

Brutal or Beautiful: Edinburgh Napier team encourages different view of modernist buildings

Exhibition - 40th Anniversary of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival

Music and Design Staff Showcase their Work at the Architecture Fringe

Alba New Music Festival 2017

Lecturer in Music is Editor of Recently 'Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education'

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