Innovation in Music: Adjusting Perspectives brings together cutting-edge research on new innovations in the field of music production, technology, performance, and business. With contributions from a host of well-respected researchers and practitioners, this volume provides crucial coverage on the relationship between innovation and rebellion.

Including chapters on generative AI, gender equality, live music, quantisation, and composition, this book is recommended reading for music industry researchers working in a range of fields, as well as professionals interested in industry innovations.

About the Author

Jan-Olof Gulloe is Professor in Music Production at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden and Visiting Professor at Linnaeus University.

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer is a mastering engineer with MOTTOsound, an Associate Professor at York St John University, and the managing editor of the Perspectives on Music Production series for Routledge.

Dave Hook is an Associate Professor in Music at Edinburgh Napier University. A rapper, poet, songwriter, and music producer, his research focuses on hip-hop, rap lyricism, identity, culture, and performance, through creative practice.

Mark Marrington is an Associate Professor in Music Production at York St John University, 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 Fantome, was released in 2023 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. Rob is an author and editor of many books and articles, including Drum Sound and Drum Tuning, published by Routledge in 2021.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032500256
Author Jan-Olof Gulloe
Format Hardback
Page Count 218
Imprint Focal Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g