Dr Paul Harkins' Outputs (2)

Frictions and Restrictions: Domestic Music Making and the Case of Girls Rock School (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2024, September). Frictions and Restrictions: Domestic Music Making and the Case of Girls Rock School. Paper presented at IASPM UK & Ireland Conference, University of Newcastle, UK

The use of digital technologies, such as MIDI, Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), Virtual Studio Technologies (VSTs), sampling software, web-based platforms, and music-making apps, have been implicated in deep changes about how and where popular musi... Read More about Frictions and Restrictions: Domestic Music Making and the Case of Girls Rock School.

‘Have you tried fixing it?’ Repairing (and not Repairing) the Fairlight CMI (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2024, June). ‘Have you tried fixing it?’ Repairing (and not Repairing) the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at Innovation in Music Conference, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway

In his study about the continued importance of old technologies, David Edgerton writes that ‘the majority [of scientists and engineers] have always been mainly concerned with the operation and maintenance of things and processes; with the use of thin... Read More about ‘Have you tried fixing it?’ Repairing (and not Repairing) the Fairlight CMI.