Academic Writing
by Dr. Simon Zagorski-Thomas
The Musicology of Record Production; Monograph book proposal in preparation.
Co-edited with Prof. Simon Frith; Forthcoming summer 2012; The Art of Record Production: an introductory reader for a new academic field; Ashgate Press.
2012; Musical Meaning and the Musicology of Record Production.Beitraege zur Popularmusikforschung Vol.38 (edited by D. Helms and T. Phelps) Bielefeld.
2010; The Stadium In The Bedroom: functional staging, authenticity and the audience led aesthetic in record production; Popular Music Journal. Vol 29/2
2010; ‘Real and Unreal Performances’; Chapter in Rhythm In The Age of Digital Reproduction; edited by Anne Danielsen; Ashgate Press.
2008; The Medium In The Message: Phonographic staging techniques that utilize the sonic characteristics of reproduction media; Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the Art of Record Production Conference; University of Massachusetts Lowell.
2008; The Musicology of Record Production; 20th Century Music Vol 4(2)
2007; Gesturing Producers and Scratching Musicians; Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the Art of Record Production Conference; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
2007; The Study Of Groove; Ethnomusicology Forum Vol. 16 No. 2
2006; "We Don't Write Songs, We Write Records": a compositional methodology based on late 20th century popular music; Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Music; Tulane University, New Orleans.
2006; Book Review Article on Greene & Porcello's Wired For Sound in Music & Letters Vol.87 No.4
2006; Spotlighting Gesture: shaping sound through record production to highlight gestural meaning in music intended for dance. Proceedings of Music & Gesture 2, The Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
