The precarious double life of the recording engineer.
This article draws upon a series of focus groups and interviews with recording engineers at various stages of their careers. Using these data, the article explores the way that recording engineers balance artistic sensibility with the logistics and precision of engineering. The piece shows that the...
| Publicado en: | Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 189 - 203 |
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Jul2014
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