Abstract:
This chapter addresses the recording and production of the song ‘Ventetid’, mixed for playback in Dolby Atmos and stereo. By revealing aspects of the production process from idea to finalised recording, I examine how notions of space affect aesthetic, performative, and compositional aspects of the production. To investigate the relations between the compositional intention, the materialisation process, and the aesthetic outcome, I use the theoretical concepts of staging (Lacasse, 2000; Moylan, 1992) and compositional design (Hawkins, 2002). Further, I propose how mixing in 3D offers new ways of staging compositional design and realising compositional intention from a recording artist and song-maker’s perspective.
This chapter addresses the recording and production of the song ‘Ventetid’, mixed for playback in Dolby Atmos and stereo. By revealing aspects of the production process from idea to finalised recording, I examine how notions of space affect aesthetic, performative, and compositional aspects of the production. To investigate the relations between the compositional intention, the materialisation process, and the aesthetic outcome, I use the theoretical concepts of staging (Lacasse, 2000; Moylan, 1992) and compositional design (Hawkins, 2002). Further, I propose how mixing in 3D offers new ways of staging compositional design and realising compositional intention from a recording artist and song-maker’s perspective.
About the author:
Ingvild Koksvik is a singer and song-maker whose music career spans several albums of original music, commissioned works for festivals and extensive touring as a live artist across Norway and Europe. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in popular music performance at the University of Agder, Norway, where she also has worked as a researcher at CreaTeME. Her Ph.D. explores the elusive and often tacit dimensions of musical ideas and intentions, and how these influence aesthetic, compositional and performative aspects of record production. She holds a master’s degree in musicology from the University of Oslo, where she also worked as a research assistant for two years.
Ingvild Koksvik is a singer and song-maker whose music career spans several albums of original music, commissioned works for festivals and extensive touring as a live artist across Norway and Europe. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in popular music performance at the University of Agder, Norway, where she also has worked as a researcher at CreaTeME. Her Ph.D. explores the elusive and often tacit dimensions of musical ideas and intentions, and how these influence aesthetic, compositional and performative aspects of record production. She holds a master’s degree in musicology from the University of Oslo, where she also worked as a research assistant for two years.