Narrative
Report
Toby
Seay
Assistant
Professor
Music
Industry
Program
Paper
Presentation:
Primary
Sources
in
Music
Production
Research
and
Education:
Using
the
Drexel
University
Audio
Archives
as
an
Institutional
Model.
The
Sixth
Annual
Art
of
Record
Production
Conference,
Leeds
Metropolitan
University,
Leeds,
UK,
December
3rd
–
5th
2010
The
Association
for
the
Study
of
the
Art
of
Record
Production
is
an
international
and
interdisciplinary
organization
that
promotes
the
study
of
the
production
of
recorded
music.
As
a
professor
of
audio
engineering
and
a
researcher
of
audio
preservation
and
archiving,
the
ARP
conference
was
an
opportunity
to
tie
my
scholarship
in
archiving
to
the
pedagogical
needs
in
audio
technology
education.
With
a
delegation
of
scholars
and
educators,
this
conference
displayed
the
needs
and
trends
of
audio
technology
education.
My
paper
presentation
highlighted
the
need
for
resources
within
a
music
production
education.
By
using
the
Drexel
Audio
Archives
as
a
model,
I
described
how
the
instability
in
the
recording
studio
business
combined
with
an
institutional
need
for
audio
resources
provides
an
opportunity
for
institutions
of
higher
learning
to
create
archives
of
recorded
audio
collections.
These
archives
would
serve
the
recording
industry
by
preserving
their
audio
collections
while
providing
resources
for
students
of
recorded
audio.
While
pointing
to
the
difficulties
in
creating
such
archives,
I
highlighted
the
valuable
research
opportunities
that
would
be
offered
once
these
archives
are
created.
This
paper
was
very
well
received,
especially
among
musicologist
delegates.
Delegates
from
both
France
and
Germany
expressed
their
desire
for
further
discussion
within
the
context
of
preserving
cultural
heritage.
By
attending
this
conference,
I
gained
great
insight
to
the
needs
of
music
production
educators
from
around
the
world.
I
met
new
colleagues
from
Sweden,
England,
Germany,
France,
South
Africa
and
Canada,
with
whom
continued
networking
and
potential
collaborative
scholarship
will
ensue.
With
a
more
globalized
world
and
continued
instability
in
the
music
industry,
this
conference
provided
great
insight
into
the
study
of
recorded
music,
which
will
enhance
and
shape
my
scholarship
and
teaching.
Leeds
Metropolitan
University
–
Conference
Location
Arrival
in
Manchester,
UK
Train
ride
to
Leeds
Entrance
to
my
Hotel
Leeds
Art
Gallery
Henry
Moore
Gallery
Leeds
Market