Cubides Gutierrez, Jose Manuel (2023) Developing compositional methods by the integration of popular music creation techniques into the electroacoustic music practice. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

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Abstract

This research aims to integrate popular music techniques into the electroacoustic music
practice, forming a new niche music style named Electroacoustic pop developing a distinctive
approach to composing music within the sound-based music field.
These developments were based on a practice-led research in which three hours of music and
sound were created exploring different subject withing the field such as: collection of sound
material, interaction of sound and noise and public and private spaces, mediation and
manipulation of sound, amongst others.
The practical experiments consisted of employing popular music creation techniques to
organise, manipulate and mediate found sound into various composition, in which the narrative
was established by newspaper articles.
Recording methods employed in field recordings were included in the experiments exploring
how the collection of sound material could have an impact in the outcome of an electroacoustic
music composition. This resulted in the development of terminology such as ‘negative sound’,
and active and passive field recording.
Compositional patterns were developed Using popular music plugins and platforms such as
Logic Pro X and Pro Tools, combined to the inclusion of microphones and speakers as tools
for generating musical pieces.
A concrete analytical framework was established by gathering models developed by academics
and composers in both the popular and electroacoustic music fields.
The general outcome of these experiments helped establishing and recognising a set of unique
and noteworthy compositional patterns and methodologies that can be employed in future
composition projects. New music creation and consumption approaches were suggested based
on the compositional and analytical result of this project.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects:	Music > Composition
Depositing User:	Users 627 not found.
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2024 14:33
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2024 11:33
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12051

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