Posted: January 21st, 2016 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on MAGES 2016
1st International Workshop on Music Analysis and Generation Systems.
The 1st International Workshop on the Role of Music Analysis in the Evaluation of Music Generation Systems (MAGES) will be held June 27, 2016 in Paris, France, at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), in conjunction with the Seventh International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2016.
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Posted: January 19th, 2016 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Continental Drift: 50 Years of Jazz from Europe
16th and 17th of July, 2016
A two-day conference at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, in association with the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.
The organisers seek proposals for papers (to be delivered as a 20×20” slide-based presentation) based on two central themes that will function as stimulus for panel discussions:
- Key factors in the development of jazz in Europe.
- Moving forward – the future of jazz in Europe.
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Posted: January 19th, 2016 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Scattered Musics : ethnic, racial, gender and regional reconfigurations through music performances
We are interested in papers that are engaged with and sensitive to the nuances of struggles over identities and representations through musical expression. In particular we seek manuscripts that give account of some of the ways in which musicians, fans, promoters, and others use music and other media (including social media), to negotiate, transcend, or create solidarities with different normativities and nationalisms. The following questions guide us:
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Posted: January 11th, 2016 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on 40 Years of Mute Records
Call for Chapters: ‘40 Years of Mute Records: through Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, New Order and more’
Editors
Dr Zuleika Beaven, Marcus O’Dair, Dr Richard Osborne
Dept of Performing Arts, Middlesex University London
Call for Chapters
Proposal Submission: 4 March 2016
Full Chapters Due: 30 September 2016
Introduction
As the influential independent record label Mute approaches the milestone of its 40th anniversary, this edited academic book will explore Mute’s wide-ranging impact in the music industries. Drawing from disciplines such as popular music studies, fan studies, semiotics, creative industries management, identity studies and musicology, each chapter will take a distinctive artist-led approach.
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Posted: January 4th, 2016 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on The 11th Art of Record Production Conference: The Spaces in Between
December 2-4, 2016
Hosted by the Music and Sound Knowledge group (MaSK), Aalborg University, Denmark
Our conference committee is pleased to invite proposals for papers dealing with the following broad themes:
A: Between music production and sound design
How is record production related to producing sound for film, television, radio, computer games and other media? How can scholars and practitioners within these diverse fields benefit from each other? What are the differences between producing sound for linear and interactive media? How can theoretical models be used to elucidate these connections and differences?
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