All Outputs (2)

Multi-voice commentary for sample-based music: an inclusive approach (2024)
Journal Article
Blackburn, M. (in press). Multi-voice commentary for sample-based music: an inclusive approach. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 150(2), 47

Discussions of sample-based music as found within academic literature traditionally operate as single authored documents, despite the frequency of multi-genre content found within this repertoire, enabled so via sampling. This article builds a case f... Read More about Multi-voice commentary for sample-based music: an inclusive approach.

Responding to misrepresentation: Sample pack creation, branding and distribution (2024)
Journal Article
Blackburn, M. (2024). Responding to misrepresentation: Sample pack creation, branding and distribution. Sound Studies, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/20551940.2023.2301214

This article documents the creation and distribution of a new sample pack, Instruments INDIA, as an intervention against systemic orientalist practices observable within the marketing, branding and production of non-Western instrument sample packs. T... Read More about Responding to misrepresentation: Sample pack creation, branding and distribution.