Workshop: The art of music making and recording explained, informed and enriched by psychoacoustics, neuroaesthetics, and music perception research

A workshop organized by Research Axis 1 (Instruments, devices and systems) and Research Axis 3 (Cognition, perception, and movement).

The art of music making and recording Workshop

Registration (CLOSED)

Registration is now closed. For more information, please contact Prof. Caroline Traube at caroline.traube[at]umontreal.ca.

Description

Following Susan Rogers’s distinguished lecture on November 21st, this workshop brings together researchers who study the creative process of music making and recording (including orchestration and sound design) from the perceptive of psychoacoustics and music psychology, and musicians who draw inspiration and conceptual tools from these fields to achieve an in-depth and informed understanding of their own creative process and technics. 

Our guest speaker, Susan Rogers, will offer practical tips for record producers and engineers from the perspective of psychoacoustics, neuroaesthetics, and music perception research. Popular music recordings will be analyzed in terms of performance gestures, recording/mix techniques and arrangement choices, to consider how the artistry of record making engages listeners. 

Schedule

For the complete schedule, including the abstracts of the presentations, please see the following pdf document: Workshop: The art of music making and recording - COMPLETE SCHEDULE.

  • 01:00-01:10pm - Introduction
  • 01:10-01:35pm - Ying-Ying Zhang (McGill University), Audio location markers, verbal information recall, and the working memory 
  • 01:35-02:00pm - Sylvain Caron, Caroline Traube (Université de Montréal), and Erica Bissen (Institut Pasteur), Comparative study of timing variations in the performance of a François Couperin prelude captured on a MIDI-harpsicord 
  • 02:00-02:25pm - Martha de Francisco (McGill University), How to turn a lacklustre performance into one that sparkles - The multiple and varied engagements of recording producers, between music, technology and psychology
  • 02:25-02:45pm - Coffee break
  • 02:45-03:10pm - Richard King (McGill University), Where music making and recording intersect, or collide – a field report
  • 03:10-03:45pm - Susan Rogers (Berklee College of Music), Music making, recording, and the human connection
  • 03:45-04:00pm - Questions and final discussion
  • 04:00 - Closing remarks

Call for Presentations (CLOSED)

The Call for Presentations is now closed. For more information, please contact Prof. Caroline Traube at caroline.traube[at]umontreal.ca