ABSTRACT

The first Conference devoted to the Art of Record Production (ARP) was held in London in 2005, the second in Edinburgh in 2006, with subsequent meetings in Brisbane (2007), Lowell, Massachusetts (2008), Cardiff (2009), Leeds (2010) and San Francisco (2011). And ARP has established its international profile not just by bringing together scholars and practitioners in particular cities at particular times, but also with an online journal (https://arpjournal.com), a formal association (the Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production: https:// artofrecordproduction.com) and through that nebulous but essential academic support mechanism, an informal network of people who share practical, pedagogical and research concerns. This book, which brings together papers first presented to ARP conferences, marks another step in the development of a new academic subject: it lays out the scope and principles of recording studies for classroom use.