Creative interactions and improvable digital objects in cloud-based musical collaboration

Lally, E

Creative interactions and improvable digital objects in cloud-based musical collaboration

Lally, E

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Publisher:: UWS
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Global Media Journal Australian Edition, 2013, 7 (1), pp. 1 - 18
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lally, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5463-1447	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Global Media Journal Australian Edition, 2013, 7 (1), pp. 1 - 18	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1835-2340	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27055
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the activities and experiences of musicians using online platforms for collaborative creation. Music-making has always been a collaborative endeavour, and has always evolved to accommodate technological innovations. Consumer-level recording equipment has now made 'home studio' recording at near professional quality levels more accessible than ever before. Combining with new social media platforms, these domestic capabilities have created new possibilities for musicians to collaborate across the globe. Cloud-based platforms mean that collaborators no longer need to be present in the same place at the same time, but these platforms produce new challenges and constraints. This paper explores the infrastructure and community of one specialised cloud-based musical collaboration platform, Kompoz.com. It shows how this site catalyses the creative collaboration of those involved by providing a space for interaction between musicians and temporary 'work-in-progress' digital objects. Commentary on the audio tracks making up a project acts as 'attached dialogue', which facilitates the cumulative reworking of them as 'improvable objects'. It is suggested that despite the inevitable limitations of online collaboration, asynchronous communication has advantages in providing time to reflect and evaluate	en_US
dc.publisher	UWS	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Global Media Journal Australian Edition	en_US
dc.title	Creative interactions and improvable digital objects in cloud-based musical collaboration	en_US
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utslib.for	1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing	en_US
utslib.for	19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
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Abstract:

This paper explores the activities and experiences of musicians using online platforms for collaborative creation. Music-making has always been a collaborative endeavour, and has always evolved to accommodate technological innovations. Consumer-level recording equipment has now made 'home studio' recording at near professional quality levels more accessible than ever before. Combining with new social media platforms, these domestic capabilities have created new possibilities for musicians to collaborate across the globe. Cloud-based platforms mean that collaborators no longer need to be present in the same place at the same time, but these platforms produce new challenges and constraints. This paper explores the infrastructure and community of one specialised cloud-based musical collaboration platform, Kompoz.com. It shows how this site catalyses the creative collaboration of those involved by providing a space for interaction between musicians and temporary 'work-in-progress' digital objects. Commentary on the audio tracks making up a project acts as 'attached dialogue', which facilitates the cumulative reworking of them as 'improvable objects'. It is suggested that despite the inevitable limitations of online collaboration, asynchronous communication has advantages in providing time to reflect and evaluate

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