NIME, Musicality and Practice-led Methods

Owen Green

doi:10.5281/zenodo.1178776

NIME, Musicality and Practice-led Methods

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

To engage with questions of musicality is to invite into consideration a complex network of topics beyond the mechanics of soundful interaction with our interfaces. Drawing on the work of Born, I sketch an outline of the reach of these topics. I suggest that practice-led methods, by dint of focussing on the lived experience where many of these topics converge, may be able to serve as a useful methodological ‘glue’ for NIME by helping stimulate useful agonistic discussion on our objects of study, and map the untidy contours of contemporary practices. I contextualise this discussion by presenting two recently developed improvisation systems and drawing from these some starting suggestions for how attention to the grain of lived practice could usefully contribute to considerations for designers in terms of the pursuit of musicality and the care required in considering performances in evaluation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Editors	Baptiste Caramiaux, Koray Tahiroğlu, Rebecca Fiebrink, Atau Tanaka
Publisher	Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781906897291
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1178776
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression - Goldsmith, University of London, London, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Jun 2014 → 3 Jul 2014 Conference number: 14 http://www.nime.org/nime2014/ (Link to Call for Participation)

Publication series

Name	NIME Proceedings
Publisher	NIME
ISSN (Print)	2220-4792
ISSN (Electronic)	2220-4806

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Abbreviated title	NIME 2014
Country	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	30/06/14 → 3/07/14
Internet address	http://www.nime.org/nime2014/ (Link to Call for Participation)

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10.5281/zenodo.1178776Licence: CC BY

Link to papers/NIME archives

Owen Green
- O.Green@hud.ac.uk
- Department of History, English, Linguistics and Music - Senior Research Fellow in Creative Coding Practice
- School of Arts and Humanities
- Centre for Research in New Music
Person: Academic

1 Chapter
1 Conference contribution
1 Article

Negotiating Sonic Space for Group Electronics
Green, O. & Williams, S., 1 Oct 2018, Music and Sonic Art: Theories and Practices. Doğantan-Dack, M. & Dack, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 200-217 18 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Situation of Practice-Led Research around NIME, and Two Methodological Suggestions for Improved Communication
Green, O., Feb 2016, In: Leonardo. 49, 1, p. 78-79 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Four Small LLEAPs for Electroacoustic Music Studies: Notes on performance strategies from a series of participatory electronic music workshops
Green, O., 2014, Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference: Electroacoustic Music Beyond Performance, Berlin, June 2014. 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Open Access

1 Other

RawGreenRust @ Sonorities Festival 2018
Owen Green (Participant), Jules Rawlison (Participant) & Dave Murray-Rust (Participant)
20 Apr 2018
Activity: Other activity types › Other

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Green, O 2014, NIME, Musicality and Practice-led Methods. in B Caramiaux, K Tahiroğlu, R Fiebrink & A Tanaka (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. NIME Proceedings, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, pp. 1-6, 14th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, London, United Kingdom, 30/06/14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1178776

NIME, Musicality and Practice-led Methods. / Green, Owen.

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. ed. / Baptiste Caramiaux; Koray Tahiroğlu; Rebecca Fiebrink; Atau Tanaka. Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 2014. p. 1-6 (NIME Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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NIME, Musicality and Practice-led Methods

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Negotiating Sonic Space for Group Electronics

The Situation of Practice-Led Research around NIME, and Two Methodological Suggestions for Improved Communication

Four Small LLEAPs for Electroacoustic Music Studies: Notes on performance strategies from a series of participatory electronic music workshops

Activities

RawGreenRust @ Sonorities Festival 2018

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