Event Title
FSM07 - The Influence of Digital Technology on Music Creation by Electronic Musicians
Location
CB1-212
Start Date
3-11-2017 11:15 AM
Description
With its emergence in the 20th century, electronic music and its technologies presented a set of radically new features different from the tradition of acoustic music. Digital technologies such as MIDI, digital synthesizers, algorithmic music, generative music, etc. are now an essential part of a modern musician's toolkit. Therefore, this research aims to understand the influence of digital technology on the creation and perception of music by electronic musicians today. In addition, this research will contrast the compositional practices of electronic musicians and acoustic musicians. In this work, we employed qualitative research methods. Semi-structured interviews with both formally trained and non-formally trained electronic musicians, observations of their working process and demos, and field work of live performances were conducted. This study provides an interdisciplinary perspective into how digital technology shapes music composition today which contributes to the interdisciplinary conversation for Digital Humanities in music. This research illustrates how digital technology connects with the heritage of electronic music that started from the 20th century. Finally, our work surmises the future direction of electronic music.
FSM07 - The Influence of Digital Technology on Music Creation by Electronic Musicians
CB1-212
With its emergence in the 20th century, electronic music and its technologies presented a set of radically new features different from the tradition of acoustic music. Digital technologies such as MIDI, digital synthesizers, algorithmic music, generative music, etc. are now an essential part of a modern musician's toolkit.
