The Giver: A Case Study of The Impact of Remote Music Collaboration Software on Music Production Process

Authors

  • Martin Kamil Koszolko Melbourne Polytechnic

Keywords:

collaboration, RMCS, Ohm Studio, music, production

Abstract

The development of Web 2.0 combined with the emergence of innovative software platforms has helped remote music collaboration undergo a phase of significant growth in the last five years. My practice-led research responds to the question of how working with remote music collaboration software (RMCS) impacts on the production process. The discussion and the sound recording accompanied by this paper concern one example of my collaborative practice using Ohm Studio software. I created a popular music piece titled “The Giver” with creative contributors located on three continents. My analysis shows that RMCS offers music producers innovative ways to network and develop a project with the input of globally crowdsourced participants. The resulting sound recording exemplifies an RMCS-based process that led to changes in production workflow, facilitated learning, generated new creative relationships, and, ultimately, helped to achieve the desired musical outcomes.

Author Biography

Martin Kamil Koszolko, Melbourne Polytechnic

Martin K. Koszolko is a Polish-born, Melbourne based sound producer and academic known for his creative work under the KOshowKO and Philosophy Of Sound monikers. Martin has extensive experience as a composer, music and video producer and performing musician and has been teaching sound production and other music industry-related disciplines at Melbourne Polytechnic and RMIT University.

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Discography

KOshowKO. 2016. The Giver (Download): Las Machinas 004. Available at: https://philosophyofsound.bandcamp.com/album/the-giver. Accessed: 8 October 2017.

Published

20-12-2017