Krojenje zvuka: etnografija snimanja i produkcije albuma Jamaican Connection

master's thesis

• Title (english): Sound tailoring: Ethnography of the recording and production of the Jamaican Connection album
• Author: Magda Mas
• Mentor: Mojca Piškor (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Academy of Music; (Musicology Department); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-01-28, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Art Sciences; Musicology and Ethnomusicology

Abstract

Ovim radom donosim pregled, interpretaciju i analizu snimanja i produkcije albuma Jamaican
Connection hrvatskog reggae benda Brain Holidays. Etnografski pristup istraživanju prati
njegove razvojne faze od pripreme materijala, snimanja albuma u Tuff Gong studiju u
Kingstonu na Jamajci do postprodukcije u Zagrebu. Fokusirajući se na sam zvukovni element
donosim analize pojedinih pjesama s albuma te interpretiram procese donošenja
produkcijskih odluka relevantnih za estetiku žanra. Kroz vlastito iskustvo sudjelovanja u
kreativnim procesima rada u bendu kao klavijaturistica, članica užeg sastava benda te sa
znanjem koje posjedujem na području glazbene produkcije donosim dodatnu dimenziju ovog
istraživanja koristeći se autoetnografskim metodama. Promatranje studija kao fokusa i lokusa
ovog istraživanja upotpunjujem teorijskim uporištima u studijama i člancima relativno novog
interdisciplinarnog područja glazbene produkcije. Kao alternativnu, audio-vizualnu
reprezentaciju ovog rada nudim i dokumentarni film Bite of paradise (2022) nastao paralelno
uz ovo istraživanje.

Abstract (english)

With this thesis I bring an overview, interpretation and analysis of the recording and
production of the album Jamaican Connection by the Croatian reggae band Brain Holidays.
The ethnographic approach to the research follows its developmental stages from the
preparation of the material, recording the album at the Tuff Gong studio in Kingston, Jamaica,
to post-production in Zagreb. Focusing on the sound element itself, I bring analyzes of
individual songs from the album and interpret the processes of making production decisions
relevant to the aesthetics of the genre. Through my own experience of participating in the
creative processes of working in a band as a keyboardist, a core member of the band and with
the knowledge I have in the field of music production I bring an additional dimension of this
research using autoethnographic methods. Observing studio as the focus and locus of this
research is complemented by theoretical foundations in studies and articles in a relatively
new interdisciplinary field of music production. As an alternative, audio-visual representation
of this work, I also offer the documentary Bite of paradise (2022), which was made in parallel
with this research.

• Keywords: tonski studio; glazbena produkcija; zvuk; autoetnografija
• Keywords (english): studio; music production; sound; autoethnography
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:116:535914
• Study programme: Title: Integrated Undegraduate and Graduate University Study Programme in Musicology; specializations in: Musicology, Ethnomusicology; Course: Musicology; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra muzikologije (magistar/magistra muzikologije)
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-02-16 10:21:46