Innovation in Music: Current Research Perspectives

Part One: Frameworks for Research and Analysis

1. LLMs and Custom GPTs as a Tool for Academic Research
Jon Marius Aareskjold-Drecker and Hans T. Zeiner-Henriksen
2. Innovating Music Production Education: A Critical Listening Tool for Song Analysis
Stephane Elmosnino
3. M.EL.O.S.: Promoting Music Research through an Innovative Platform of Interconnected Knowledge Repositories
Petros Vouvaris, Evangelia Spyrakou, Evgenios Politis, and Thaleia Adelphopoulou
4. Understanding How Reflective Practice Is Used by Professional UK-Based Audio Mastering Engineers
Russ Hepworth-Sawyer
5. Tutoring, Selling, Gearfluencing, or What? An Exploration of the Motives and Methods of Online Introductions to Music Production Technology
Yngvar Kjus, Emil Kraugerud, and Øyvind Skjerdal
6. Investigating Rhythmic Entrainment Within Video Games
Dave Raybould
7. An Introduction to Pitch Strength in Contemporary Popular Music Analysis and Production
Emmanuel Deruty
8. Hey Siri, Can You Write Me a Chipmunk Soul Track? A Snapshot of Current AI Tools for Music Production
Jon Marius Aareskjold-Drecker and Ragnhild Brøvig
9. Using Distortion as Part of Synthesis and Sampling Workflows
Iker Ormazabal Martínez
10. FFTimbre: Exploration of Timbre by Analysis and Synthesis Using Python, Ableton, and Large Language Models
Egor Polyakov
11. Found In Space: An Analysis Synergy forMusic's 3D Spatiality in the Dolby Atmos Format
Paul Novotny
12. With a Focus on the Lyrics: The Innovative Use of “Bad English” in Popular Songs from Sweden
David Thyrén, Jan-Olof Gullö, and Gary Bromham
13. Cyborg Soloists: An Infrastructure for Sharing Approaches to Innovative Technologies in Contemporary Music
Zubin Kanga and Jonathan Packham

Part Two: Society, Community, and Environment

14. Heritagising Popular Music? Innovating with Leeds’s First Music Map App
Brett Lashua and Paul Thompson
15. Unlocking the Catalog: Revitalizing Norwegian Album Classics Through Online Communities
Thomas Bårdsen
16. Can Music Change the World? Expanding Environmental Awareness Through Multisensory Experience Design Using Music and Food
Dr Jacob Thompson-Bell and Dr Adam Martin
17. Music Production and Accessibility for Visually Impaired Producers
Oluremi Abati
18. Companionship and Sanctuary: Embracing Autistic Musicking Through Multimodal Improvisation
Alexandra E. Gorton and Frankie Dyson Reilly
19. Immersed in Cabilla: Creating a Fulldome Experience of an Ancient Oak Woodland and Temperate Rainforest
Antti Sakari Saario
20. Facilitating the Development of Interactive Wheelchair Sonifications
Andreas Bergsland

Biography

Claus Sohn Andersen is an Assistant Professor and Head of Program for the BA in Sound Engineering and Music Production at Kristiania University College, Norway, where he teaches Music Production.

Jan-Olof Gullö is Professor in Music Production at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, and Visiting Professor at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His research interests include technical, entrepreneurial, and artistic aspects of creativity in music production.

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer is a Mastering Engineer with MOTTOsound, an Associate Professor at York St John University, UK, and the Managing Editor of the Perspectives on Music Production series for Routledge.

Mark Marrington is an Associate Professor in Music Production at York St John University, UK, having previously held teaching positions at Leeds College of Music and the University of Leeds. His research interests include metal music, music technology and creativity, the contemporary classical guitar, and twentieth-century British classical music, and his recently published book, Recording the Classical Guitar (2021), won the 2022 ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research (Classical Music).

Justin Paterson is Professor of Music Production at London College of Music, University of West London, UK. He has numerous research publications as author and editor. His research interests include haptics, 3-D audio, and interactive music, fields that he has investigated over a number of funded projects. He is also an active music producer and composer; his latest album (with Robert Sholl) Les ombres du Fantôme was released in 2024 on Metier Records.

Rob Toulson is Director of RT60 Ltd, who develop innovative music applications for mobile platforms. He was formerly Professor of Creative Industries at the University of Westminster and Director of the CoDE Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Rob is an author and editor of many books and articles, including Drum Sound and Drum Tuning (2021), published by Routledge.