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The 2008 Art of Record Production Conference is being hosted by

Professor William Moylan and the University of Massachusetts Lowell

on Fri 14th - Sun 16th November 2008

Further Details Announced in June 2008 

This year papers will be given in 45 minute slots - 25 - 30 minutes for the paper, 10 - 15 minutes for questions and 5 minutes for the change overs.
There will be 4 streams of papers over the Saturday and Sunday and the keynote speech will happen on the Friday evening. Further details of timing, other events and panels will be published as soon as we have then scheduled. Please let me know if you have any specific requests about timetabling and we will try to accommodate them.

Registration fee for the conference is $250US ($150US for students). Facilities for on-line credit card payment are currently being organised. Any enquiries about alternative methods of payment should be addressed to our host, Prof William Moylan: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

The Conference Banquet will be held on Saturday, November 15, 8:00pm  - price:  $50

While some refreshments will be supplied by the Conference, attendees should plan to be responsible for own meals.  Café and restaurant facilities present at the Hotel and University, and the Hotel is conveniently located within walking distance of many downtown restaurants. I expect we will be organising an informal gathering at a local restaurant on the Sunday night for anyone who's still around. I'm not sure as yet about the arrangements for socialising / eating on the Friday night as that will depend on the timing of the welcome and keynote by Phil Ramone.

I believe that Phil Ramone will be doing a book signing of Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music - his new book, and that you will be able to order a copy at a special rate through the registration process. Details will follow.

Phil Ramone confirmed as keynote speaker for 2008 Art of Record Production conference at University of Massachusetts Lowell

PRESS RELEASE – Apr 2008

With just two weeks to go before the deadline for the Call For Papers, recording industry legend Phil Ramone (pictured) has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 4th international Art of Record Production Conference. ARP08 will also feature a round table  discussion by a panel of leading producers  moderated by Sarah Jones, the editor of MIX magazine and will be hosted by Professor William Moylan at the University of Massachusetts Lowell on 14th – 16th November 2008. Phil Ramone has received 34 Grammy nominations, 14 Grammy awards and an Emmy and during his illustrious career as a producer and engineer has worked with artists as diverse as Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Bono, Ray Charles, Chicago, Bob Dylan, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Elton John, Quincy Jones, BB King, Shelby Lynne, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Liza Minnelli, Sinead O'Connor, Luciano Pavarotti, Andre Previn, Carly Simon, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Phoebe Snow, Rod Stewart, Sting, Barbra Streisand and Rufus Wainwright.

The Call For Papers deadline is the 15th April 2008 and full details can be found at: http://www.artofrecordproduction.com

The four streams of papers and panels that will provide the focus for the conference are on The Studio As Musical Instrument, Recording Practice And Performance, The Empowered Artist and Production And The Listener. The conference director, Simon Zagorski-Thomas (London College of Music, TVU) says: “We’ve had unprecedented levels of interest in the 2008 Conference and it looks set to become our biggest ever event. I’m very excited about Phil Ramone and the roundtable panel and we’ll be making further announcements about industry involvement shortly.”
William Moylan, the host of ARP08, has also announced:

“UMass Lowell’s exceptional recording studios, control rooms and critical listening room will be featured.    There will be an on-going “Unraveling the Mix” mixing / production session offering a significant, practical experience where an active multitrack mix (stereo or surround) sits in the control room for evaluation, hosted by the mix engineer.  Advanced recording and processing strategies are discussed and demonstrated in isolation and in the context of the mix.  The centerpiece of this experience will be our API “Vision” console—capable of simultaneous surround and two channel mixing.”

“Critical Listening Sessions will take place in our extremely accurate Critical Listening Studio to provide the experience of high quality surround sound and hi-res listening. Attendees are invited to submit recordings with short abstracts for inclusion in the organized play list for these critical listening sessions.”

The conference will take place at the Doubletree Riverfront Hotel in Downtown Lowell and in Durgin Hall on the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus; a shuttle bus will connect the two locations.  Special room rate of $99US per night (plus tax) is available at the Doubletree Riverfront Hotel for conference attendees. Registration fee for the conference is $250US ($150US for students).

The Art of Record Production is a community of scholars, recording professionals, musicians and organizations that have an interest in how the recording process transforms music.  The ARP community now involves academics from over 80 universities in 18 countries. The ARP is the only professional society organized with the unique motivation of understanding and advancing the art that comes from the production of music recordings.