[ecrea] CFP for the 14th (2019) Art of Record Production Conference

The Art of Record Production Conference 2019

In C: Creation, Connectivity, Collaboration, and Controllers

•	Hosted by Berklee College of Music, Boston, May 17–19, 2019
•	DEADLINE for abstracts: September 28, 2018, 12:00 a.m., EDT
•	Notification by October 29, 2018

Our title for the 14th Art of Record Production Conference is inspired 
by Terry Riley’s seminal, minimalist work "In C" (1964). When asked how 
he would describe the relationship between his drive to push technology 
to its limits in the 1960s and the musical possibilities that resulted, 
Riley replied that it was all driven by "the 'What if?' principles." 
This conference seeks to bring together scholars, artists, and 
innovators applying "What if?" principles to practice and research. Our 
"C" themes—creation, connectivity, collaboration, and controllers—all 
represent areas of movement in contemporary record production, and we 
invite participants to interpret them creatively as they relate to 
active research projects and creative work. Consider the following 
questions about each thematic component.

Creation
How do we define creativity in record production? What is the object 
that we create, and who contributes to it? How has music technology 
affected what it means to be a creative producer? Who are the creators 
that have influenced our field and how can we understand and interpret 
their contributions?
Connectivity
Nielsen's Law states that users' internet bandwidth grows by 50 percent 
per year. How has this phenomenon affected the art of record production? 
What musical and sonic innovations are afforded by ever-increasing 
connectivity? How has the rise of the project/DIY studio afforded 
connections between creators? What creative or academic projects are ARP 
participants working on that investigate music and connectivity?

Collaboration
Record production began as a collaborative art, and for many producers, 
collaboration remains a vital part of the creative toolbox. Technologies 
have changed over time, but creative collaboration in music production 
is fundamentally a human negotiation—a synthesis of ideas and processes 
to arrive at a single outcome. We invite papers from colleagues who are 
engaged in musical or academic collaboration.

Controllers
The MIDI protocol was developed in 1983 and almost immediately spawned a 
plethora of hardware controllers. Since that time, controllers and 
control surfaces have evolved in design, precision, and responsiveness, 
allowing for production environment where almost anything can be a 
controller. In 2009, Thor Magnusson described all musical instruments as 
"cognitive extensions"—and digital instruments as carriers of “symbolic 
instructions written for the meta-machine, the computer.” In a sense, 
perhaps all musical tools—instruments, hardware, and software—are 
controllers. We invite papers relating to the broad theme of control in 
music production.

Conference Fees
•	Full registration fee: $350
•	Full-time student registration fee: $150

Registration Information •	Conference booking opens in September 2018 
via this website.
•	An early-bird discount of $50 applies to all registrations received by 
December 31, 2018.
•	Registration closes on March 31, 2019.
•	All presenters must be members of the Association for the Study of the 
Art of Record Production (ASARP) (renew/how to join).
Organizing Committee
•	Joe Bennett: Chair of the 14th Art of Record Production Conference
•	Tracy Gibb: Assistant Director for Conference Services and Special 
Events at Berklee
•	Katia Isakoff: Chair of the 14th Art of Record Production Conference • 
Shara Rambarran: Chair of the 14th Art of Record Production Conference
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Submit your abstract at: www.berklee.edu/ARP19/call-papers
•	Deadline: September 28, 2018
•	Notification of acceptance by October 29, 2018
•	All papers are 30 minutes total (typically, 20-minute paper; 
five-minute Q&A; five-minute changeover).
•	Abstracts should be 300 words, maximum.
•	Only one abstract submission per individual is permitted.
•	For enquiries and more information please visit: 
https://www.berklee.edu/ARP19 ________________________________________

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